Amos 4:13 BSB — MannaFest

Amos 4:13

For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth—the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”

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ASV

For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought; that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth—Jehovah, the God of hosts, is his name.

KJV

For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The Lord, The God of hosts, is his name.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Amos (420)

(Verse 12, 13.) Therefore, I will do these things to you, Israel: but after I have done these things to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel. For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought, who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth - the Lord, the God of hosts, is his name. LXX: Therefore, I will do these things to you, Israel: but because I will do these things to you, prepare to call upon your God, O Israel.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

On the Holy Spirit, Book 2 (397)

But if any one thinks that the word of the prophet is to be explained with reference to the Holy Spirit, because it is said, "declaring unto men his Christ," he will explain it more easily of the Lord's Sun of justice. For if it troubles you that he said Spirit, and therefore you think that this cannot well be explained of the mystery of the taking of human nature, read on in the Scriptures, and you will find that all agrees most excellently with Christ.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

For lo, He that formeth the mountains - Their God whom they worshiped was but nature. Amos tells them, who “their God” is, whom they were to prepare to meet. He describes Him as the Creator of that, which to man seems most solid, to go furthest back in times past. Before the everlasting mountains were, God is, for He made them. Yet God is not a Creator in the past alone.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The God whom Israel is to "prepare to meet" (Am 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-- (Ps 139:2).

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֡י	ki	for	H3588 →
הִנֵּה֩	hi.Neh	here!	H2009 →
יוֹצֵ֨ר	yo.Tzer	[one who] formed	H3335 →
הָרִ֜ים	ha.Rim	mountains	H2022 →
וּבֹרֵ֣א	u.vo.Re'	and [one who] created	H1254 →
ר֗וּחַ	Ru.ach	wind	H7307 →
וּמַגִּ֤יד	u.ma.Gid	and [one who] tells	H5046 →
לְאָדָם֙	le.'a.Dam	to humankind	H120 →
מַה־	mah-	what?	H4100 →
שֵּׂח֔וֹ	se.Cho	[is] thought his	H7808 →
עֹשֵׂ֥ה	'o.Seh	[one who] makes	H6213 →
שַׁ֙חַר֙	sha.char	<of> dawn	H7837 →
עֵיפָ֔ה	'ei.Fah	darkness	H5890 →
וְדֹרֵ֖ךְ	ve.do.Rekh	and [one who] treads	H1869 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
בָּ֣מֳתֵי	Bo.mo.tei	[the] high places of	H1116 →
אָ֑רֶץ	'A.retz	[the] earth	H776 →
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	[is] Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵֽי־	'e.lo.hei-	God of	H430 →
צְבָא֖וֹת	tze.va.'ot	hosts	H6635 →
שְׁמֽוֹ׃ ס	she.Mo	name his	H8034 →

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Amos 5:8
He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD…
leads to
- Job 9:9
  He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
- Amos 9:6
  He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is…
- Psalms 104:20
  You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
- Amos 8:9
  And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.
- Job 38:31–32
  Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
Through
Amos 9:6
He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is…
leads to
- Amos 5:8
  He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD…
- Psalms 104:3
  laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
Through
Psalms 65:6
You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might.
leads to
- Psalms 93:1
  The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

About Amos

The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Amos

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Amos