Verse 9
9. Lord of hosts Of the angelic hosts, and starry heavens. Worship of the latter was very early observed by the Assyrians, Phoenicians, Canaanites, etc., but the Lord of Israel is above all, and so is called “Lord” or Master “of hosts.”
Very small remnant That which is left of the people after the ravages of invasive war. With Isaiah, as often elsewhere, the word “remnant” means the righteous, in distinction from the multitude of the ungodly. Romans 9:29.
We After having reproved the sinful nation, the prophet now identifies himself with the people.
As Sodom Not in character, probably, but in destiny; that is, cut off entirely.
Gomorrah The same idea, repeated for preserving poetic parallelism.
The prophets eminently Isaiah frequently gave their instructions in symbolic terms, and in sentences metrical as well as poetical.
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