Amos 4:12 meaning and explanation

“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!

Amos 4:12, Berean Standard Bible

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Amos has just listed a series of disasters, famine, drought, blight, plague and military defeat, each ending with the refrain that Israel did not return to God. Now the prophet draws the line: because the people have refused every warning, God will act, and the vague "that is what I will do" leaves the judgment unnamed but certain.

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