Amos 4:12

Therefore, this is what I am going to do to you, Israel. Because I am going to do this, Israel, prepare to meet your God!

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In The King James Version

Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

In Context

11Some of you I destroyed as I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick pulled out of a fire. But still you did not return to me, declares the Lord.

13Watch! The One who made the mountains, who created the winds, who reveals his thoughts to humankind, who turns the sunlight into darkness, who walks on the high places of the earth—the Lord God of power is his name!

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Cross References

Isaiah 47:3You will be seen naked; what should be kept private will be shamefully exposed. I will take vengeance—I won't spare anyone.

Ezekiel 22:30I tried to find one of them to repair the wall and to defend the gap so when I came I wouldn't destroy it—but I couldn't find anyone.

Amos 2:14Not even your fastest runners will escape; strong men will lose their strength. Even the greatest warrior will not be able to save his life.

Amos 5:4This is what the Lord says to the people of Israel: Look to me so you may live!

Matthew 5:25While you're on the way to court with your opponent, make sure you settle things quickly. Otherwise your opponent might hand you over to the judge, and the judge will hand you over to the court official, and you will be thrown into jail.

Mark 13:32No one knows the day or hour when this will happen—not even the angels in heaven, not even the Son; only the Father knows.

Matthew Henry on Amos 4:7-13

Incorrigibleness of Israel; Judgments Called to Remembrance; Greater Judgments Threatened. ( b. c. 790.) 6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord . 7 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. 8… Read the whole commentary →

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