Amos 5:5
But seek not Bethel, and go not into Galgala, and cross not over to the Well of the Oath: for Galgala shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall be as that which is not.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
4Therefore thus says the Lord to the house of Israel, Seek you⌃ me, and you⌃ shall live.
Cross References
Genesis 26:23And he went up thence to the well of the oath.
Leviticus 26:30And I will render your pillars desolate, and will utterly destroy your wooden images made with hands; and I will lay your carcasses on the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall loathe you.
Joshua 5:9And the Lord said to Joshua the son of Naue, On this day have I removed the reproach of Egypt from you: and he called the name of that place Galgala.
1 Samuel 11:14And Samuel spoke to the people, saying, Let us go to Galgala, and there renew the kingdom.
Job 8:22But their adversaries shall clothe themselves with shame; and the habitation of the ungodly shall perish.
Isaiah 8:10And whatever counsel you⌃ shall take, the Lord shall bring it to nothing; and whatever word you⌃ shall speak, it shall not stand among you: for God is with us.
Matthew Henry on Amos 5:5-16
God's Message to Israel; The Aggravated Sins of Israel; Warnings and Exhortations; Exhortations and Encouragements. ( b. c. 790.) 4 For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: 5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought. 6 Seek the Lord , and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel. 7 Ye who… Read the whole commentary →