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All the host of the sky shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as the leaf fades from off the vine, and as a fading [leaf] from the fig-tree.
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Symbolic Cosmic Collapse
Commentators unanimously agree that this is not a literal astronomical event. The 'host of heaven' (stars, etc.) is a powerful symbol for earthly kings, princes, and ruling powers. The heavens dissolving and stars falling represents the complete and utter collapse of all human institutions and authorities that set themselves against God.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And all the host of heaven - On the word ‘host’ (צבא tsâbâ'), see the note at Isaiah 1:9. The heavenly bodies often repres…
19th Century
Anglican
And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved ... —No prophetic picture of a “day of the Lord” was complete without this …
16th Century
Protestant
And all the armies of heaven shall fade away. Isaiah employs an exaggerated style, as other prophets are accustomed to do, to represent vi…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And all the hosts of heaven shall be dissolved "Pine away" F9 , as with sickness, grow languid, become ob…
Here is a prophecy of the wars of the Lord, all of which are both righteous and successful. All nations are concerned. And as they have all had the…
13th Century
Catholic
Come near, you Gentiles. In this part, he threatens those who were allies of the Assyrians.
First, he threatens al…
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