Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
The God whom Israel is to "prepare to meet" (Amos 4:12) is here described in sublime terms.
wind—not as the Margin, "spirit." The God with whom thou hast to do is the Omnipotent Maker of things seen, such as the stupendous mountains, and of things too subtle to be seen, though of powerful agency, as the "wind."
declareth unto man . . . his thought— (Psalms 139:2). Ye think that your secret thoughts escape My cognizance, but I am the searcher of hearts.
maketh . . . morning darkness— (Amos 5:8; Amos 8:9). Both literally turning the sunshine into darkness, and figuratively turning the prosperity of the ungodly into sudden adversity (Psalms 73:12, Psalms 73:18-19; compare Jeremiah 13:16).
treadeth upon . . . high places—God treadeth down the proud of the earth. He subjects to Him all things however high they be (Micah 1:3). Compare Deuteronomy 32:13; Deuteronomy 33:29, where the same phrase is used of God's people, elevated by God above every other human height.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Amos 4:13:
Job 9:8
Psalms 24:10
Daniel 2:28
Amos 4:1
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