Amos 5:5

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⁵    But don’t look in Bethel.
Don’t go to Gilgal.
    Don’t cross the border and go down to Beersheba.^[a]
The people of Gilgal will be taken away as prisoners,^[b]
    and Bethel will be destroyed.^[c]

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Footnotes

Amos 5:5 Bethel, Gilgal, Beersheba Ancient places of worship. Abraham and Jacob built altars in these places, but God had told the Israelites that they should go to the Temple in Jerusalem to worship him.
Amos 5:5 taken away as prisoners In Hebrew this sounds like the name “Gilgal.”
Amos 5:5 destroyed The Hebrew word is like the name “Beth Aven.” This name means “House of Wickedness.” The prophets often used this name for Bethel.

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