1. Amos 4:12 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

How should Israel have prepared for meeting with God?

Amos 4:12 (ESV)

12 “Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”

As at Sinai, preparation had to do with Israel readying themselves to deal with the holiness and majesty of God (Exodus 19:11, Exodus 19:15).