Charles Ellicott Commentary Amos 4:13

"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." — Amos 4:13 (ASV)

God of hosts.— The Lord whom they have to meet is no mere national deity, but the supreme Creator.

Creates the wind.— Not “spirit” (as margin). But the two ideas “wind” and “spirit” were closely associated in Hebrew (as in Greek), being designated by the same word ruach (in Greek πνεῦμα, compare John 3:8). Hence the transition in thought to the next clause is natural. This is curiously rendered in the Septuagint and declareth to man his Christ through a misunderstanding of the original.