Amos 4:12

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

10“I sent a plague among you after the manner of Egypt; I slew your young men by the sword along with your captured horses, And I made the stench of your camp rise up in your nostrils; Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord. 11“I overthrew you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, And you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze; Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord. “Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel; Because I will do this to you, Prepare to meet your God, O Israel.” 13For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the wind And declares to man what are His thoughts, He who makes dawn into darkness And treads on the high places of the earth, The Lord God of hosts is His name.

Amos 4:12 word by word

לָכֵ֕ן כֹּ֥ה אֶעֱשֶׂה־לְּךָ֖ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עֵ֚קֶב כִּֽי־זֹ֣את אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לָּ֔ךְ הִכּ֥וֹן לִקְרַאת־אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

• Thereforeכֵּןkên · soH3651
• thusכֹּהkôh · thusH3541
• I will doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• to you, O Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• Becauseעֵ֫קֶב‛êqeb · consequenceH6118
• Becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• Prepareכּוּןkûn · to establish: prepareH3559
• meetקָרָאqârâ' · to encounter: meetH7122
• your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Amos 4:12

• Amos 4:2The Lord God has sworn by His holiness, “Behold, the days are coming upon you When they will take you away with meat hooks, And the last of you with fish hooks.
• Amos 2:14Flight will perish from the swift, And the stalwart will not strengthen his power, Nor the mighty man save his life.
• Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said, “Smite the capitals so that the thresholds will shake, And break them on the heads of them all! Then I will slay the rest of them with the sword; They will not have a fugitive who will flee, Or a refugee who will escape.
• Amos 5:4For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel, “Seek Me that you may live.
• Isaiah 47:3Your nakedness will be uncovered, Your shame also will be exposed; I will take vengeance and will not spare a man.”
• Ezekiel 13:5You have not gone up into the breaches, nor did you build the wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of the Lord.
• Ezekiel 22:30I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.
• Hosea 13:8I will encounter them like a bear robbed of her cubs, And I will tear open their chests; There I will also devour them like a lioness, As a wild beast would tear them.
• Matthew 5:25Make friends quickly with your opponent at law while you are with him on the way, so that your opponent may not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.
• Matthew 24:44For this reason you also must be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.
• Matthew 25:1“Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
• Mark 13:32But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.
• Luke 14:31Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
• Luke 21:3And He said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all of them;
• 1 Thessalonians 5:2For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.
• James 4:1What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?

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

Topics related to Amos 4:12

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Judgment
• Repentance
• Temptation

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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