Amos 4:12

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Therfore thus will I do vnto thee O Israel, and because I will do this vnto thee, prepare to meete thy God O Israel.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָכֵ֕ן כֹּ֥ה אֶעֱשֶׂה־לְּךָ֖ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עֵ֚קֶב כִּֽי־זֹ֣את אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לָּ֔ךְ הִכּ֥וֹן לִקְרַאת־אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

Lākēn thus ʾeʿĕśeh-to you Yiśrāʾēl ʿēqeb that-this ʾeʿĕśeh-to you, hikkôn to liqraʾt-ʾĕlōhêkā Yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

• *Lākēn*: adverb - therefore
• *ʾeʿĕśeh*: imperfect, 1st person singular - I will do
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ʿēqeb*: conjunction/preposition - because/as a result
• *hikkôn*: imperative, masculine singular, niphal - be prepared/ready
• *liqraʾt*: preposition + infinitive construct - to meet
• *ʾĕlōhêkā*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your God

Word Meanings

• *lākēn*: therefore/thus/for this reason
• *ʿēqeb*: because/as a result of/consequence
• *hikkôn*: prepare yourself/be ready/stand prepared
• *liqraʾt*: to meet/to encounter/to confront

Referenced Verses

• 1 Thess 5:2-4 : 2 For ye your selues knowe perfectlye that the day of the Lord shall so come euen as a theefe in the nyght. 3 For when they shal say peace & safetie, then shall sodeyne destruction come vppon them, as sorowe vpon a woman with chylde, and they shall not escape. 4 But ye brethren are not in darknesse, that that day shoulde ouertake you as a theefe.
• Jas 4:1-9 : 1 From whence cometh warre and fightyng among you? come they not here hence, euen of your lustes that fight in your members? 2 Ye lust, and haue not: Ye enuie, and haue indignation, and can not obtayne: Ye fyght and warre, ye haue not, because ye aske not. 3 Ye aske and receaue not, because ye aske amisse, euen to consume it vpon your lustes. 4 Ye adulterers & adultresses, knowe you not howe that the frendship of the world is enmitie with God? Whosoeuer therfore wylbe a friende of the worlde, is made the enemie of God. 5 Either do ye thynke that the scripture sayth in vayne, the spirite that dwelleth in vs, lusteth after enuie? 6 But the scripture offereth more grace, and therefore sayth, God resisteth the proude, but geueth grace vnto ye lowlie. 7 Submit your selues therfore to God: but resist the deuyll, and he wyll flee from you. 8 Drawe nye to God, and he wyll drawe nye to you. Clense your handes ye sinners, and purifie your heartes ye double mynded. 9 Suffer afflictions, and mourne, and weepe: Let your laughter be turned to mournyng, and your ioy to heauinesse. 10 Humble your selues in the sight of the Lorde, and he shall lyft you vp.
• Rev 3:3 : 3 Remember therfore howe thou hast receaued and heard, and holde fast, and repent. If thou shalt not watche, I wyll come on thee as a thiefe, and thou shalt not knowe what houre I wyll come vpon thee.
• Isa 47:3 : 3 Thy filthynesse shalbe discouered, and thy priuities shalbe seene: for I wil auenge me of thee, and wyll shewe no mercy to thee, as I do to other men.
• Ezek 13:5 : 5 For ye haue not stand vp in the gappes, nor made a hedge for the house of Israel, to stande in the battayle in the day of the Lorde.
• Ezek 22:30 : 30 And I sought among them for a man that woulde make vp the hedge, and set hym selfe in the gap before me in the landes behalfe, that I shoulde not destroy it: but I coulde fynde none.
• Hos 13:8 : 8 I wyll meete them as a she beare that is robbed of her whelpes, and I wyll breake that stubburne heart of theirs, there wyll I deuour them like a lion, yea the wylde beastes shall teare them.
• Amos 4:2-3 : 2 The Lord God hath sworne by his holinesse, that lo, the dayes shal come vpon you, that he will take you away with thornes, and your posteritie with fishe hookes. 3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, euery kowe forward: and ye shal cast your selues out of the palace, sayth the Lorde.
• Amos 5:4-9 : 4 For thus sayth the Lord vnto the house of Israel, Seke ye me, and ye shall liue. 5 But seke not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and go not to Beerseba: for Gilgal shall go into captiuitie, and Bethel shall come to naught. 6 Seke the Lord, and ye shall liue: lest he breake out like fire in the house of Ioseph, and deuoure it, and there be noone to quenche it in Bethel. 7 They turne iudgement to wormewood, and forsake righteousnesse in the earth. 8 He maketh the seuen starres and Orion, and he turneth the shadowe of death into the morning, and he maketh the day darke as night: he calleth the waters of the sea, and powreth them out vpon the open earth, the Lorde is his name. 9 He strengthneth the destroyer against the mightie, & the destroyer shall come against the fortresse. 10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhorre him that speaketh vprightly. 11 Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and ye take from hym burdens of wheate: ye haue buylt houses of hewen stone, but ye shall not dwell in them: ye haue planted pleasaunt vineyardes, but ye shall not drinke wine of them. 12 For I knowe your manyfolde transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewardes, and they oppresse the poore in the gate. 13 Therfore the wise shall kepe scilence in that time: for it is an euyll time. 14 Seke good and not euill, that ye may liue: & so the Lord God of hoastes shalbe with you, as you haue spoken. 15 Hate the euill and loue the good, and establishe iudgement in the gate: it may be, that the Lord God of hoastes wilbe mercifull vnto the remnaunt of Ioseph.
• Amos 9:1-4 : 1 I saw the Lorde standing vpon the aulter, and he sayd: Smite the lintel of the doore, that the postes may shake, & cut them in peeces, euen the heades of them all, and I wil slay the last of them with the sworde: he that fleeth of them, shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them, shall not be deliuered. 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall my hande take them, though they clime vp to heauen, thence will I bring them downe. 3 And though they hyde them selues in the top of Charmel, I will searche, and take them out thence: and though they be hyd from my sight in the bottome of the sea, thence will I commaunde the serpent, and he shall bite them. 4 And though they go into captiuitie before their enemies, thence wil I commaunde the sworde & it shall slay them: and I will set myne eyes vpon them for euill, and not for good.
• Matt 5:25 : 25 Agree with thyne aduersarie quicklye, whyles thou art in the waye with him: lest at any tyme the aduersarie deliuer thee to the iudge, and the iudge deliuer thee to the minister, and then thou be cast into pryson.
• Matt 24:44-25:13 : 44 Therfore, be ye also redy: for in such an houre as ye thynke not, the sonne of man commeth. 45 Who is a faythfull and wise seruaunt, whom his Lorde hath made ruler ouer his householde, to geue them meate in season. 46 Blessed is that seruaunt, whom his Lorde when he commeth, shall fynde so doyng. 47 Ueryly I say vnto you, that he shall make hym ruler ouer all his goodes. 48 But and yf that euyll seruaunt say in his heart, my Lorde wyll be long a commyng: 49 And so begyn to smyte his felowes, yea, and to eate and drynke with the dronken: 50 The same seruauntes Lorde shall come in a day, when he loketh not for hym, and in an houre that he is not ware of: 51 And shall hewe hym in peeces, & geue hym his portion with hypocrites: there shalbe wepyng and gnasshyng of teeth. 1 Then shall the kyngdome of heauen be lykened vnto ten virgins, which toke their lampes, and went to meete the brydegrome. 2 But fyue of them were foolyshe, and fyue were wyse. 3 They that were foolyshe, toke their lampes, but toke none oyle with them: 4 But the wise, toke oyle in their vessels, with their lampes also. 5 Whyle the brydegrome taryed, they all slumbred and slept. 6 And euen at mydnyght, there was a crye made: beholde, the brydegrome commeth, go out to meete hym. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and prepared their lampes. 8 So the foolyshe sayde vnto the wyse: geue vs of your oyle, for our lampes are gone out. 9 But the wyse aunswered, saying: not so lest there be not inough for vs & you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and bye for your selues. 10 And whyle they went to bye, the brydegome came: and they that were redy, went in with hym, to ye maryage, and the gate was shut vp. 11 Afterwarde came also the other virgins, saying: Lorde, Lorde, open to vs. 12 But he aunswered and sayde: veryly I say vnto you, I knowe you not. 13 Watch therfore, for ye knowe neither the day, nor yet the houre, wherin the sonne of man shall come.
• Mark 13:32-37 : 32 But of that day and tyme knoweth no man: no not the Angels which are in heauen, neither the sonne him selfe, saue the father only. 33 Take heede, watche and pray: for ye knowe not when the tyme is. 34 As a man which is gone into a straunge countrey, and hath left his house, and geuen auctoritie to his seruauntes, and to euery man his worke, and commaunded the porter to watche: 35 Watche ye therfore, (for ye knowe not whe the maister of the house wyl come, at euen, or at mydnyght, whether at the cocke crowyng, or in the dawnyng.) 36 Lest yf he come sodenly, he fynde you slepyng. 37 And that I say vnto you, I say vnto all, watche.
• Luke 14:31-32 : 31 Or what kyng, goyng to make battell against another kyng, sitteth not downe first, and casteth in his mynde, whether he be able with ten thousande, to meete hym, that commeth agaynst hym with twentie thousande? 32 Or els, whyle the other is yet a great way of, he sendeth an imbassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
• Luke 21:3-9 : 3 And he sayde, Of a trueth I say vnto you, that this poore wydowe hath put in more then they all. 4 For they all haue of their superfluitie added vnto the offerynges of God: but she of her penurie hath cast in al the substaunce that she had. 5 And vnto some, that spake of the temple, howe it was garnisshed with goodlie stones and gyftes, he sayde. 6 Are these the thynges whiche ye loke vpo? The dayes wyll come, in ye which there shall not be left one stone vpo another, that shall not be throwen downe. 7 And they asked him, saying: Maister when shall these thynges be? and what signe wyll there be, when these thynges shall come to passe? 8 And he sayde: Take heede, that ye be not deceaued. For many shall come in my name, saying I am Christe, and the tyme draweth neare. Folowe ye them not therfore. 9 But when ye heare of warres, and seditios, be not afraide: For these thinges must first come to passe, but the ende foloweth not by and by. 10 Then sayde he vnto them: Nation shall ryse agaynst nation, & kyngdome agaynst kyngdome. 11 And great earthquakes shalbe in diuers places, and hunger, and pestilence, and fearefull thynges, and great signes shall there be from heauen. 12 But before all these, they shall laye their handes on you, and persecute you, deliueryng you vp to the synagogues, & into prisons, and shall bryng you vnto kynges and rulers for my names sake. 13 And it shall turne to you for a testimoniall. 14 Be at a sure poynt therefore in your heartes, not to studie before what ye shall aunswere: 15 For I wyll geue you a mouth, and wysedome, where agaynst, all your aduersaries shall not be able to speake nor resist. 16 Yea ye shalbe betrayed also of your parentes, and brethren, and kynsfolke, and friendes, and some of you shal they put to death. 17 And hated shal ye be of all men for my names sake. 18 And there shall not one heere of your head peryshe. 19 Possesse ye your soule by patience. 20 And whe ye see Hierusalem besieged with an hoast, then be sure that the desolation of the same is nye. 21 Then let them which are in Iurie, flee to the mountaynes, and let them which are in the myddes of it, depart out: and let not them that are in other countreys enter therin. 22 For these be the dayes of vengeaunce, that all thinges which are written, may be fulfylled. 23 But wo vnto the that are with childe, & to them that geue sucke in those days: For there shalbe great distresse in the lande, and wrath ouer this people. 24 And they shall fall through the edge of the sworde, and shalbe led away captiue into all nations: And Hierusalem shalbe troden downe of the gentiles, vntyll the tyme of the gentiles be fulfylled. 25 And there shalbe signes in the sunne and in the moone, & in the starres: and vpon the earth trouble among the nations, with perplexitie. The sea and the water shall rore. 26 And mens heartes shal fayle them for feare, and for loking after those thinges which shall come on the world: For the powers of heauen shalbe shaken. 27 And then shall they see the sonne of man come in a cloude, with power and great glorie. 28 And when these thynges begyn to come to passe, then loke vp, and lyft vp your heades, for your redemptio draweth nye. 29 And he shewed them a similitude: Behold the figge tree, & all the trees. 30 When they shoote foorth their buddes ye see and knowe of your owne selues that sommer is then nye at hande. 31 So likewise ye, when ye see these thinges come to passe, be ye sure that the kyngdome of God is nye. 32 Ueryly I say vnto you, this generation shall not passe, tyll all be fulfylled. 33 Heauen and earth shall passe, but my wordes shall not passe. 34 Take heede to your selues, lest at any tyme your heartes be ouercome with surfettyng and dronkennesse, and cares of this lyfe, and so the daye come vpon you vnwares. 35 For as a snare shall it come on al them that dwell on the face of ye whole earth. 36 Watche ye therfore, and pray continually, that ye may be accompted worthy to escape all these thinges yt shall come, & that ye may stand before ye sonne of man.
• Amos 2:14 : 14 Therfore the flight shall perishe from the swift, and the strong shal not strengthen his force, neither shall the mightie saue his life.