Amos 5:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Don't go to Gilgal or Bethel or even to Beersheba. Gilgal will be dragged away, and Bethel will end up as nothing.”

Cross References

Genesis 21:31

So they called the place Beersheba, because they made a treaty there.

Genesis 21:33

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and worshipped the eternal LORD God.

Genesis 26:23

Isaac went on to Beersheba,

Genesis 26:33

So Isaac named the well Shibah, and the town is still called Beersheba.

1 Kings 12:28

Jeroboam asked for advice and then made two gold statues of calves. He showed them to the people and said, “Listen everyone! You won't have to go to Jerusalem to worship any more. Here are your gods who rescued you from Egypt.”

1 Kings 12:29

Then he put one of the gold calves in the town of Bethel. He put the other one in the town of Dan, and the crowd walked out in front as the calf was taken there. What Jeroboam did was a terrible sin.

2 Kings 23:8

In almost every town in Judah, priests had been offering sacrifices to the LORD at local shrines. Josiah brought these priests to Jerusalem and had their shrines made unfit for worship—every shrine from Geba just north of Jerusalem to Beersheba in the south. He even tore down the shrine at Beersheba that was just to the left of Joshua Gate, which was named after the highest official of the city.

Job 8:22

But your evil enemies will be put to shame and disappear for ever.

Psalm 33:10

The LORD destroys the plans and spoils the schemes of the nations.

Isaiah 29:20

All who are cruel and arrogant will be gone for ever. Those who live by crime will disappear,

Isaiah 8:10

Get together and make plans, but you will fail because God is with us.

Jeremiah 48:13

Then you will be ashamed, because your god Chemosh cannot save you, just as Bethel could not help the Israelites.

Hosea 10:8

The altars at sinful Bethel will be destroyed for causing Israel to sin; they will be overgrown with thorns and thistles. Then everyone will beg the mountains and hills to cover and protect them.

Hosea 12:11

Gilead is terribly sinful and will end up ruined. Bulls are sacrificed in Gilgal on altars made of stones, but those stones will be scattered in every field.

Hosea 4:15

Israel, you are unfaithful, but don't lead Judah to sin. Stop worshipping at Gilgal or at sinful Bethel. And stop making promises in my name— the name of the living LORD.

Hosea 9:15

Israel, I first began to hate you because you did evil at Gilgal. Now I will chase you out of my house. No longer will I love you; your leaders betrayed me.

Amos 1:5

I will break through the gates of Damascus. I will destroy the people of Wicked Valley and the ruler of Beth-Eden. Then the Syrians will be dragged as prisoners to Kir. I, the LORD, have spoken!

Amos 3:14

When I, the LORD, punish Israel for their sins, I will destroy the altars at Bethel. Even the corners of the altar will be left in the dust.

Amos 4:4

Come to Bethel and Gilgal. Sin all you want! Offer sacrifices the next morning and bring a tenth of your crops on the third day.

Amos 7:10

Amaziah the priest at Bethel sent this message to King Jeroboam of Israel, “Amos is plotting against you in the very heart of Israel. Our nation cannot put up with his message for very long.

Amos 7:13

Don't do any more preaching at Bethel. The king worships here at our national temple.”

Amos 7:17

Now, listen to what the LORD says about you: Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, your sons and daughters will be killed in war, and your land will be divided among others. You will die in a country of foreigners, and the people of Israel will be dragged from their homeland.

Amos 7:9

Their sacred places will be destroyed, and I will send war against the nation of King Jeroboam.”

Amos 8:14

You made promises in the name of Ashimah, the goddess of Samaria. And you made vows in my name at the shrines of Dan and Beersheba. But you will fall and never get up.

1 Corinthians 1:28

What the world thinks is worthless, useless, and nothing at all is what God has used to destroy what the world considers important.

1 Corinthians 2:6

We do use wisdom when speaking to people who are mature in their faith. But it isn't the wisdom of this world or of its rulers, who will soon disappear.

Deuteronomy 28:41

Even your infant sons and daughters will be taken as prisoners of war.

Joshua 5:9

The LORD told Joshua, “It was a disgrace for my people to be slaves in Egypt, but now I have taken away that disgrace.” So the Israelites named the place Gilgal, and it still has that name.

Revelation 18:17

Yet in a single hour her riches disappeared.” Every ship's captain and passenger and sailor stood at a distance, together with everyone who does business by travelling on the sea.

1 Samuel 11:14

“Come on!” Samuel said. “Let's go to Gilgal and make an agreement that Saul will continue to be our king.”

1 Samuel 7:16

Every year he would go around to the towns of Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah where he served as judge for the people.