Amos 4:4 (WEB)

Passage

“Go to Bethel, and sin; to Gilgal, and sin more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days,

Nearby Context

Amos 4:2 The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness that behold, “The days shall come on you that they will take you away with hooks, and the last of you with fish hooks.

Amos 4:3 You will go out at the breaks in the wall, everyone straight before her; and you will cast yourselves into Harmon,” says Yahweh.

Amos 4:4 “Go to Bethel, and sin; to Gilgal, and sin more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days,

Amos 4:5 offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim free will offerings and brag about them: for this pleases you, you children of Israel,” says the Lord Yahweh.

Amos 4:6 “I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in every town; yet you haven’t returned to me,” says Yahweh.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "bethel", "gilgal", "bring", "sacrifices", "morning", "tithes", "three", and "days". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "bethel" and "gilgal", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "You will go out at the breaks..." into verse 5's "offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that...", so "bethel" and "gilgal" belong inside that flow. In Amos context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "bethel" and "gilgal" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.