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6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? And they turned and said, Like as Jehovah of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
A host and an army come from the same Hebrew word and mean the same thing in Bible. Its meaning is closely tied to the need for battle.