⁵     do not seek Bethel,
do not go to Gilgal,^(A)
    do not journey to Beersheba.^(B)
For Gilgal will surely go into exile,
    and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.^[a](C)”

¹⁵ “Though you, Israel, commit adultery,
    do not let Judah become guilty.

“Do not go to Gilgal;^(A)
    do not go up to Beth Aven.^[a](B)
    And do not swear, ‘As surely as the Lord lives!’^(C)

¹⁴ Those who swear by the sin of Samaria^(A)—
    who say, ‘As surely as your god lives, Dan,’^(B)
    or, ‘As surely as the god^[a] of Beersheba^(C) lives’—
    they will fall,^(D) never to rise again.^(E)”

¹⁷ In one hour^(A) such great wealth has been brought to ruin!’^(B)

“‘Your wife will become a prostitute^(A) in the city,
    and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword.
Your land will be measured and divided up,
    and you yourself will die in a pagan^[a] country.
And Israel will surely go into exile,^(B)
    away from their native land.^(C)’”