Amos 4:12-13

12 Therefore, Israel, that is what I will do to you, and since I will do that to you, Israel, prepare to meet your God!

13 He is here: the One who forms the mountains,^[a] creates the wind,^[b] and reveals His^[c] thoughts to man, the One who makes the dawn out of darkness^[d] and strides on the heights of the earth. Yahweh, the God of Hosts, is His name.

Amos 4:12-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO AMOS 4

In this chapter, the great ones, or the people of Israel, are threatened with calamities for their oppression of the poor, Am 4:1-3; and in an ironic manner are reproved for their idolatry, Am 4:4,5; then follows an enumeration of several judgments that had been upon them, yet had had no effect on them, to bring them to repentance, nor even mercies, Am 4:6-11; and notwithstanding all this, in a wonderful gracious manner, they are called upon to prepare to meet their God, who is described by his power, greatness, and goodness, Am 4:12,13.

Footnotes

• [a] Ps 65:6
• [b] Ps 135:7
• [c] Or his
• [d] Am 5:8