Amos 4:13

“For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, etc.] These words are a description of the glorious Person, “thy God” and Saviour, to be met; he is the Creator of all things, that formed the mountains, and so was before them, as in (<200825>Proverbs 8:25,26); and able to surmount and remove all mountains of difficulties that lay in his way of working out salvation for his people: and createth the wind; or “spirit”; not the Holy Spirit, which is uncreated; but either angels, whom he makes spirits; or the spirit and soul of man he is the Creator of; or rather the natural wind is meant, which is his creature, he holds in his fists, restrains and commands, at his pleasure, (<400826>Matthew 8:26,27); and…”

“The God whom Israel is to "prepare to meet" (Amo 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-- (Psa 139:2). Ye think that your secret thoughts escape My cognizance, but I am the searcher of hearts. maketh . . . morning darkness-- (Amo 5:8; Amo 8:9). Both literally turning the sunshine into darkness, and figuratively turning the prosperity of the ungodly into sudden adversity (Psa 73:12, Psa 73:18-19; compare Jer 13:16). treadeth upon . . .…”

“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. He is a continual Worker. “And formeth the wind,” that finest subtlest creature, alone invisible in this visible world; the most immaterial of things material, the breath of our life, the image of man’s created immaterial spirit, or even of God’s uncreated presence, the mildest and the most terrific of the agents around us.…”

“Declareth - Knows the thoughts of all men. The God of hosts - Whose sovereign power all creatures obey, and acts for or against us as he willeth. Let us humble ourselves before this God, and give all diligence to make him our God. For happy are the people whose God he is, and who have all this power engaged for them. Next: Amos Chapter 5”

“4:13 This verse appears to be a hymn fragment, possibly sung by the worshipers at Bethel (for other hymn fragments, see 5:8-9; 9:5-6). Israel had been treating God as a baal—a local god with limited power. But the God they professed to worship and whom they would face in judgment is all-powerful.”

“he that: This is a most powerful description of the majesty of Jehovah, the God of hosts. Job 38:4-11; Psa 65:6; Isa 40:12; Zac 12:1 and createth: Psa 135:7, Psa 147:18; Jer 10:13, Jer 51:16 wind: or, spirit, Joh 3:8 and declareth: Psa 139:2; Dan 2:28; Mat 9:4; Luk 7:39, Luk 7:40; Joh 2:25 that maketh: Amo 5:8, Amo 8:9; Exo 10:22, Exo 14:20; Isa 5:30; Jer 13:16 and treadeth: Deu 32:13, Deu 33:29; Mic 1:3; Hab 3:19 The Lord: Amo 3:13, Amo 5:8, Amo 6:8, Amo 9:6; Isa 47:4, Isa 48:2; Jer 10:16, Jer 51:19 Next: Amos Chapter 5”