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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 1:9 - 1:9
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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 (2Ki 17:16). God is above even them (1Ch 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 (2Ch 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.