Amós 5:5

5 Pero no busquéis a Betel, ni vayáis a Gilgal, ni paséis a Beerseba; porque ciertamente Gilgal será llevada cautiva, y Betel caerá en desgracia.

Amós 5:5 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 5:5

But seek not Bethel
Do not go to Bethel, the place where one of Jeroboam's calves was set up and worshipped, to consult the oracle, idols, and priests there; or to perform religious worship, which will be your ruin, if not prevented by another course of living: nor enter into Gilgal;
another place of idolatry, where idols were set up and worshipped (See Gill on Amos 4:4); and pass not to Beersheba;
a place in the further part of the land of Israel; it formerly belonged to Judah, but was now in the hands of the ten tribes, and where idolatrous worship was practised; see ( Amos 8:14 ) ; it having been a place where Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, had dwelt, and worshipped the true God: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity;
that is, the inhabitants of it; they will not be able with their idols and idol worship to save themselves, and therefore go not thither. There is an elegant play on words here ^F2, as there is also in the next words: and Bethel shall come to nought;
which also was called Bethaven, the house of vanity, or of an idol which is nothing in the world; and therefore, because of the idolatry in it, should come to nothing, be utterly destroyed, and the inhabitants of it. So the Targum,

``they, that are in Gilgal, and worship calves in Bethel.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (hlgy hlg lglgh) .

Amós 5:5 In-Context

3 Porque así dice el Señor DIOS: La ciudad que sale con mil, se quedará con cien; y la que sale con cien, se quedará con diez, en la casa de Israel.

4 Porque así dice el SEÑOR a la casa de Israel: Buscadme, y viviréis.

5 Pero no busquéis a Betel, ni vayáis a Gilgal, ni paséis a Beerseba; porque ciertamente Gilgal será llevada cautiva, y Betel caerá en desgracia.

6 Buscad al SEÑOR y viviréis, no sea que El prorrumpa como fuego, oh casa de José, y consuma a Betel sin que haya quien lo apague;

7 consuma a los que convierten el juicio en ajenjo y echan por tierra la justicia.