Amos 5:27

5:27 and I will drive you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord.

He is called the God who commands armies!

Joshua 22:22

22:22 “El, God, the Lord! ¹  El, God, the Lord! He knows the truth! ²  Israel must also know! If we have rebelled or disobeyed the Lord, ³  don’t spare us ⁴  today!

Isaiah 1:24

1:24 Therefore, the sovereign Lord who commands armies, ⁵ 

the powerful ruler of Israel, ⁶  says this:

“Ah, I will seek vengeance ⁷  against my adversaries,

I will take revenge against my enemies. ⁸ 

¹ sn Israel’s God is here identified with three names: (1) אֵל (’el), “El” (or “God”); (2) אֱלֹהִים (’elohim), “Elohim” (or “God”), and (3) יְהוָה (yÿhvah), “Yahweh” (or “the Lord”). The name אֵל (’el, “El”) is often compounded with titles, for example, El Elyon, “God Most High.”

² tn Heb “he knows.”

³ tn Heb “if in rebellion or if in unfaithfulness against the Lord.”

⁴ tn Heb “do not save us.” The verb form is singular, being addressed to either collective Israel or the Lord himself. The LXX translates in the third person.

⁵ tn Heb “the master, the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts].” On the title “the Lord who commands armies,” see the note at v. 9.

⁶ tn Heb “the powerful [one] of Israel.”

⁷ tn Heb “console myself” (i.e., by getting revenge); NRSV “pour out my wrath on.”

⁸ sn The Lord here identifies with the oppressed and comes as their defender and vindicator.