God’s Word Translation
Amos 4:12
12This is what I will do to you, Israel. Prepare to meet your God. This is what I will do to you, Israel!
Amos 4:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
- New International Version (NIV)“Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel, and because I will do this to you, Israel, prepare to meet your God.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!"
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel; Because I will do this to you, Prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”
Context of Amos 4:12
10I sent plagues on you as I did to Egypt. With swords I killed your best young men along with your captured horses. I made the stench from your camps fill your noses. And you still didn’t return to me, declares the Lord. 11I destroyed some of you as I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning log snatched from a fire. And you still didn’t return to me, declares the Lord. This is what I will do to you, Israel. Prepare to meet your God. This is what I will do to you, Israel! 13God forms the mountains and creates the wind. He reveals his thoughts to humans. He makes dawn and dusk ⌞appear⌟. He walks on the high places of the earth. His name is the Lord God of Armies.
Read all of Amos 4Amos 4:12 word by word
לָכֵ֕ן כֹּ֥ה אֶעֱשֶׂה־לְּךָ֖ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עֵ֚קֶב כִּֽי־זֹ֣את אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לָּ֔ךְ הִכּ֥וֹן לִקְרַאת־אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Amos 4:12
- Amos 4:2The Almighty Lord has taken an oath on his holiness: Surely, the time is going to come when you will be taken away on hooks, and the rest of you on fishhooks.
- Amos 2:14Runners will not be able to escape. Strong men will find that their strength is useless. Soldiers will not be able to save themselves.
- Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said: Strike the tops of the pillars so that the foundations shake. Cut off everyone’s head. I will kill with a sword all who are left. None of them will be able to get away. None of them will be able to escape.
- Amos 5:4This is what the Lord says to the nation of Israel: Search for me and live!
- Isaiah 47:3People will see you naked. People will see your shame. I will take revenge. I won’t spare anyone.
- Ezekiel 13:5They haven’t repaired the gaps in the wall or rebuilt the wall for the nation of Israel. So Israel will not be protected in battle on the day of the Lord.
- Ezekiel 22:30“ ‘I looked for someone among you who could build walls or stand in front of me by the gaps in the walls to defend the land and keep it from being destroyed. But I couldn’t find anyone.
- Hosea 13:8Like a bear that has lost her cubs, I will attack you. I will rip you open. Like a lion I will devour you. Like a wild animal I will tear you apart.
- Matthew 5:25“Make peace quickly with your opponent while you are on the way to court with him. Otherwise, he will hand you over to the judge. Then the judge will hand you over to an officer, who will throw you into prison.
- Matthew 24:44Therefore, you, too, must be ready because the Son of Man will return when you least expect him.
- Matthew 25:1“When the end comes, the kingdom of heaven will be like ten bridesmaids. They took their oil lamps and went to meet the groom.
- Mark 13:32“No one knows when that day or hour will come. Even the angels in heaven and the Son don’t know. Only the Father knows.
- Luke 14:31“Or suppose a king is going to war against another king. He would first sit down and think things through. Can he and his 10,000 soldiers fight against a king with 20,000 soldiers?
- Luke 21:3He said, “I can guarantee this truth: This poor widow has given more than all the others.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2You know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
- James 4:1What causes fights and quarrels among you? Aren’t they caused by the selfish desires that fight to control you?
Commentaries on Amos 4:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Therefore thus will I do unto thee - I will continue my judgments, I will fight against you; and, because I am thus determined: - Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel - This is a military phrase, and is to be understood as a challenge to come out to battle. As if the Lord had said, I will attack you immediately. Throw yourselves into a posture of defense, summon your idols to your help: and try how far your strength, and that of your gods, will avail you…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Therefore thus will I do unto thee - God says more by His silence. He had enumerated successive scourges. Now, with His hand uplifted to strike, He mentions none, but says, “thus.” Rib.: “So men too, loth to name evils, which they fear and detest, say, “God do so to me, and more also.” God using the language of people” Jerome, “having said, thus will I do unto thee,‘ is silent as to what He will do; that so, Israel hanging in suspense, as having before…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-13Verses 6-13 See the folly of carnal hearts; they wander from one creature to another, seeking for something to satisfy, and labour for that which satisfies not; yet, after all, they will not incline their ear to Him in whom they might find all they can want. Preaching the gospel is as rain, and every thing withers where this rain is wanting. It were well if people were as wise for their souls as they are for their bodies; and, when they have not this rain…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12This is one of the two important themes in Amos (the second is Amos 5:24). Since Israel did not repent, it must face God's judgment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Therefore--as all chastisements have failed to make thee "return unto Me." thus will I do unto thee--as I have threatened (Am 4:2, 3). prepare to meet thy God--God is about to inflict the last and worst judgment on thee, the extinction of thy nationality; consider then what preparation thou canst make for encountering Him as thy foe (Jr 46:14; Lu 14:31, 32). But as that would be madness to think of (Is 27:4; Eze 22:14; He 10:31), see what can be done…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Amos 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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