Amo 4:12 | JFB | STEP | 12. Therefore —as all chastisements have failed to make thee "return unto Me." thus will I do unto thee —as I have threatened ( ). 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 ( ). But as that would be madness to think of ( ), see what can be done towards mitigating the severity of the coming judgment, by penitence ( ). This latter exhortation is followed up in .

Amos 4:12

12. Therefore—as all chastisements have failed to make thee "return unto Me."

thus will I do unto thee—as I have threatened (Am 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 (Jer 46:14; Lu 14:31, 32). But as that would be madness to think of (Isa 27:4; Eze 22:14; Heb 10:31), see what can be done towards mitigating the severity of the coming judgment, by penitence (Isa 27:5; 1Co 11:31). This latter exhortation is followed up in Am 5:4, 6, 8, 14, 15.