Amos 4:12

Therefore thus will I deal with thee, O Israel! Yet since I will thus deal with thee, Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel!

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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

11I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah; And ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning; And yet ye have not returned to me, saith Jehovah.

13For behold, he formed the mountains, and created the wind; He declareth to man what is his thought; He maketh the morning darkness, And walketh upon the high places of the earth; Jehovah, God of hosts, is his name.

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Cross References

Isaiah 47:3Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, And thy shame shall be seen. I will take vengeance; I will make peace with none.

Ezekiel 22:30I have sought for a man among them that should make a wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I might not destroy it; but I found none.

Amos 2:14And flight shall fail the swift, And the strong shall not exert his strength, And the mighty shall not save his life,

Amos 5:4For thus saith Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live!

Matthew 5:25Agree with thine adversary at law quickly, while thou art on the road with him; lest the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

Mark 13:32But that day or hour knoweth no one, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.

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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