Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus," says Yahweh, whose name is the God of hosts.
Saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts - The Lord of the heavenly hosts for whose worship they forsook God; the Lord of the hosts on earth, whose ministry He employs to punish those who rebel against Him , “For He hath many hosts to execute His judgments, the hosts of the Assyrians, the Medes and Persians, the Greeks and Romans.” All creatures in heaven and in earth are, as He says of the holy Angels, “ministers of His, that do His pleasure” Psalms 103:21.