Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel: and because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel. Treasury of Scripture thus. Amos 4:2,3 The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness, that, see, the days shall come on you, that he will take you away with hooks... Amos 2:14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force... Amos 9:1-4 I saw the LORD standing on the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head... prepare. Amos 5:4-15 For thus said the LORD to the house of Israel, Seek you me, and you shall live... Isaiah 47:3 Your nakedness shall be uncovered, yes, your shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet you as a man. Ezekiel 13:5 You have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD. Ezekiel 22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land... Hosea 13:8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the lobe of their heart... Matthew 5:25 Agree with your adversary quickly, whiles you are in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver you to the judge... Matthew 24:44-51 Therefore be you also ready: for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man comes... Matthew 25:1-13 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom... Mark 13:32-37 But of that day and that hour knows no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father... Luke 14:31,32 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sits not down first... Luke 21:3-36 And he said, Of a truth I say to you, that this poor widow has cast in more than they all... 1 Thessalonians 5:2-4 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night... James 4:1-10 From where come wars and fights among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members... Revelation 3:3 Remember therefore how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore you shall not watch...
Context Punishment Brings No Repentance
1Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. 2The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness, that, see, the days shall come on you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. 3And you shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and you shall cast them into the palace, said the LORD. 4Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years: 5And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this likes you, O you children of Israel, said the Lord GOD. 6And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have you not returned to me, said the LORD. 7And also I have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city: one piece was rained on, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. 8So two or three cities wandered to one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have you not returned to me, said the LORD. 9I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have you not returned to me, said the LORD. 10I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up to your nostrils: yet have you not returned to me, said the LORD. 11I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have you not returned to me, said the LORD. 12Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel: and because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel. 13For, see, he that forms the mountains, and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought, that makes the morning darkness, and treads on the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel; and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore I will do these things to thee, O Israel: and after I shall have done these things to thee, be prepared to meet thy God, O Israel.
Darby Bible Translation
Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
King James Bible
Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
Young's Literal Translation
Therefore, thus I do to thee, O Israel, at last, Because this I do to thee, Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
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