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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Isa 1:9
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · 1871
Isa 1:9 · Douay-Rheims
“Except the Lord of hosts had left us seed, we had been as Sodom, and we should have been like to Gomorrha.”
On this verse:
“Jehovah of Sabaoth, that is, God of the angelic and starry hosts (Psa 59:5; Psa 147:4; Psa 148:2). The latter were objects of idolatry, called hence Sabaism (Kg2 17:16). God is above even them (Ch1 16:26). "The groves" were symbols of these starry hosts; it was their worship of Sabaoth instead of the Lord of Sabaoth, which had caused the present desolation (Ch2 24:18). It needed no less a power than His, to preserve even a "remnant." Condescending grace for the elect's sake, since He has no need of us, seeing that He has countless hosts to serve Him.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.