Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
seek not Beth-el--that is, the calves at Beth-el.
Gilgal--(See on Amos 4:4).
Beer-sheba--in Judah on the southern frontier towards Edom. Once "the well of the oath" by Jehovah, ratifying Abraham's covenant with Abimelech, and the scene of his calling on "the Lord, the everlasting God" (Genesis 21:31, Genesis 21:33), now a stronghold of idolatry (Amos 8:14).
Gilgal shall surely go into captivity--a play on similar sounds in the Hebrew, Gilgal, galoh, yigleh: "Gilgal (the place of rolling) shall rolling be rolled away."
Beth-el shall come to naught--Beth-el (that is, the "house of God"), called because of its vain idols Beth-aven (that is, "the house of vanity," or "naught," Hosea 4:15; Hosea 10:5, Hosea 10:8), shall indeed "come to naught."
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
1 Kings 12:26-32
Hosea 4:15
Amos 7:9
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