Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Therefore—as all chastisements have failed to make thee "return unto Me."
thus will I do unto thee—as I have threatened (Amos 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 (Jeremiah 46:14; Luke 14:31-32). But as that would be madness to think of (Isaiah 27:4; Ezekiel 22:14; Hebrews 10:31), see what can be done towards mitigating the severity of the coming judgment, by penitence (Isaiah 27:5; I Corinthians 11:31). This latter exhortation is followed up in Amos 5:4, Amos 5:6, Amos 5:8, Amos 5:14-15.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Amos 4:12:
Amos 4:1
Amos 4:13
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