The title Lord of hosts
or Lord of armies
typically bears a militaristic connotation in Scripture, pointing to the Lord as a God of the armies, who fights on behalf of his people. The term also points to the Lord’s lordship over the entire cosmos.1
9 Therefore, as I live,” declares the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, “Moab shall become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land possessed by nettles and salt pits, and a waste forever. The remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”