Amos 4:12-13

12 "Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel; Because * I will do this to you, Prepare to ¹meet your God, O Israel."

13 For behold, He who ²forms mountains and ³creates the wind And ⁴declares to man what are His thoughts, He who ⁵makes dawn into darkness And ⁶treads on the high places of the earth, ⁷The LORD 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.

Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 32:11; Isaiah 64:2; Jeremiah 5:22
• 2. Job 38:4-7; Psalms 65:6; Isaiah 40:12
• 3. Psalms 135:7; Jeremiah 10:13
• 4. Daniel 2:28, 30
• 5. Jeremiah 13:16; Joel 2:2; Amos 5:8
• 6. Micah 1:3
• 7. Isaiah 47:4; Jeremiah 10:16; Amos 5:8, 27; Amos 9:6