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Lord of hosts
Lord of hostsnounJehovah; God.
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Lord of Hosts
Lord of HostsnounJehovah or God when regarded as having the angelic forces at his command
Lord of hosts
Americannoun
noun
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O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 14, 2015
Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.
From Time Magazine Archive
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And this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh.
From Heroes of Israel Text of the Hero Stories with Notes and Questions for Young Students by Theodore Gerald Soares
No tongue its greatness tells: There face to face, and full and free, Ever and evermore we see— We see the Lord of hosts!
From The Story of Our Hymns by Ernest Edwin Ryden
They will not regard Thee, the Lord of hosts, nor yet the works of Thy hands.
From Morning and Evening Prayers for All Days of the Week Together With Confessional, Communion, and Other Prayers and Hymns for Mornings and Evenings, and Other Occasions by John Habermann
There is a pastor in Omaha, his name is Hank Kunneman, at the Lord of Hosts Church in Omaha, Nebraska.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2023
In Joy, the Lord of Hosts finally justifies his stern ways to a modern Job.
From Time Magazine Archive
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His wagon was his castle of strength; he trusted in the Lord of Hosts, and he kept his powder religiously dry.
From A Vendetta of the Desert by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
The angel of the Lord intercedes and cries to the Lord of Hosts, “How long?”
From Studies in Zechariah by Arno C. Gaebelein
So the angel that talked with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the Lord of Hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
From Studies in Zechariah by Arno C. Gaebelein
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