Every place in most the modern bibles where it says 'Lord' it used to say YHWH (Y@hovah , 'Modern' Jehovah). One could assume like they say this is so we didn't take his name in vain. I'd surly hope not if we were reading the bible! They should have kept his word without changing it, I think.
It is interesting though, that technically when you refer to YHWH as God or Lord those are not his name. He is the God and the Lord of hosts though not these.
Enough ranting. Just think about it. Also its confirmed again if you look in regular text books. We have a mythological/gods book, and it also states that Bel/Bal/Baal/Beelzebub = lord.
44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
- Jeremiah 51:44
You may also notice that YHWH is talking about punishing Baal for his deeds. I'd go into how Baal really exists, but thats another discussion in itself. Lord refers to him though, for its what it means in its original tounge.
Bel - the Aramaic form of Baal, the national god of the Babylonians (Isaiah 46:1; Jeremiah 50:2; 51:44). It signifies "lord." - Easton Bible Dictionary.
STRONGS
Bel: 1078 lb Bel (bale);
Word Origin: Hebrew, Proper Name Masculine
by contraction for (01168)
Bel = "lord"
1. a chief Babylonian deity
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