Bible Strands
Amos 4:12
“Therefore, that is what I will do to you, O Israel, and since I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Israel through the prophet Amos immediately after detailing His past judgments that failed to produce repentance.
The words — לָ/כֵ֕ן (la./Khen) translates as "therefore" and כֹּ֥ה (koh) as "thus," framing the divine declaration that follows.
The thread — The warning to prepare for divine encounter echoes in Amos 9:1, where the Lord stands at the altar to execute judgment, and parallels the suddenness described in 1 Thessalonians 5:2.
Why it lands — The text demands immediate accountability before God, stripping away false security and requiring a direct response to His declared actions.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2 For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
- James 4:1 What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
- Amos 9:1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
- Mark 13:32 No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
- Ezekiel 13:5 You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.
- Isaiah 47:3 Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”
- Amos 5:4 For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!
- Luke 21:3 “Truly I tell you,” He said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others.
- Matthew 24:44 For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.
- Luke 14:31 Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?