Amos 4:12

God's Discipline And Israel's Apostasy

¹¹ I overthrew some of you
as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
and you were like a burning stick
snatched from a fire,
yet you did not return to Me—
this is the Lord’s declaration. ¹² Therefore, Israel, that is what I will do to you,
and since I will do that to you,
Israel, prepare to meet your God!
¹³ He is here:
the One who forms the mountains,
creates the wind,
and reveals His thoughts to man,
the One who makes the dawn out of darkness
and strides on the heights of the earth.
Yahweh, the God of Hosts, is His name.

Be Ready

People of Israel

Prepare to Meet Your God

Amos

Israel

Isaiah 47:3

Your nakedness will be uncovered,
and your shame will be exposed.
I will take vengeance;
I will spare no one.

Ezekiel 13:5

You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it might stand in battle on the day of the Lord.

Ezekiel 22:30

I searched for a man among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land so that I might not destroy it, but I found no one.

Hosea 13:8

I will attack them
like a bear robbed of her cubs
and tear open the rib cage over their hearts.
I will devour them there like a lioness,
like a wild beast that would rip them open.

Amos 2:14

Escape will fail the swift,
the strong one will not prevail by his strength,
and the brave will not save his life.

Amos 4:2-3

The Lord God has sworn by His holiness:

Look, the days are coming
when you will be taken away with hooks,
every last one of you with fishhooks.

Amos 5:4-15

For the Lord says to the house of Israel:

Seek Me and live!

Amos 9:1-4

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said:

Strike the capitals of the pillars
so that the thresholds shake;
knock them down on the heads of all the people.
Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword.
None of those who flee will get away;
none of the fugitives will escape.

Matthew 5:25

Reach a settlement quickly with your adversary while you’re on the way with him, or your adversary will hand you over to the judge, the judge to the officer, and you will be thrown into prison.

Matthew 24:44-13

This is why you also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

Mark 13:32-37

“Now concerning that day or hour no one knows—neither the angels in heaven nor the Son—except the Father.

Luke 14:31-32

“Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and decide if he is able with 10,000 to oppose the one who comes against him with 20,000?

Luke 21:3-36

“I tell you the truth,” He said. “This poor widow has put in more than all of them.

1 Thessalonians 5:2-4

For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.

James 4:1-10

What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from the cravings that are at war within you?

Revelation 3:3

Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; keep it, and repent. But if you are not alert, I will come like a thief, and you have no idea at what hour I will come against you.