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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 Soares, Theodore Gerald
And one of them cried to another, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts!
From Five Young Men Messages of Yesterday for the Young Men of To-day by Brown, Charles Reynolds
The splendor of the noon-day sun Grows pale before its light: The mighty Sun that ne’er goes down, Around whose gleam clouds never frown, Is God the Lord of hosts.
From The Story of Our Hymns by Ryden, Ernest Edwin
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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And now the Angel of the Lord becomes the intercessor for Jerusalem and turns to Jehovah, the Lord of Hosts sitting upon His throne.
From Studies in Zechariah by Gaebelein, Arno C.
The enemy wanted battle; with despair did the Swedes pray to the Lord of Hosts for battle.
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
But stay now, O Lord of Hosts, the hand of the destroyer, and let the angel of peace again spread his wing over our racked and wearied land.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton
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