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hosts

Meaning of “hosts”

1. Armies or multitudes. 2. Persons who receive or entertain guests.

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First occurrence: Exodus 12:41

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Jeremiah 25:27
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 25:27 · retained source text

Therefore thou shalt say vnto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Drinke ye and bee drunken, and spue and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I wil send among you.

Jeremiah 25:28
And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 25:28 · retained source text

And it shall bee, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drinke, then shalt thou say vnto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Yee shall certainely drinke.

Jeremiah 25:29
For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 25:29 · retained source text

For loe, I begin to bring euill on the citie, which is called by my name, and should yee be vtterly vnpunished? ye shall not be vnpunished: for I will cal for a sword vpon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.

1611 marginal noteHeb. vpon which my Name is called.

1611 marginal note1.Pet.4.17.

Jeremiah 25:32
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 25:32 · retained source text

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, euill shall goe forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlewinde shall be raised vp from the coasts of the earth.

Jeremiah 26:18
Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 26:18 · retained source text

Micah the Morashite prophecied in the dayes of Hezekiah king of Iudah, and spake to all the people of Iudah, saying; Thus saith the LORD of hostes, Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Ierusalem shall become heapes, and the mountaine of the house, the hie places of a forrest.

1611 marginal noteMic.1.1. and 3.12.

Jeremiah 27:4
And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 27:4 · retained source text

And command them to say vnto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say vnto your masters:

1611 marginal noteOr, concerning their masters, saying.

Jeremiah 27:18
But if they be prophets, and if the word of the Lord be with them, let them now make intercession to the Lord of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 27:18 · retained source text

But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them nowe make intercession to the LORD of hostes, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Iudah, and at Ierusalem, goe not to Babylon.

Jeremiah 27:19
¶ For thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 27:19 · retained source text

¶ For thus saith the LORD of hostes concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remaine in this citie,

Jeremiah 27:21
Yea, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 27:21 · retained source text

Yea thus saith the LORD of hostes the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remaine in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Iudah and of Ierusalem;

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