Matthew Poole and continuators on Amos 8:14

14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say , Thy God, O Dan, liveth , and, The manner of Beersheba liveth, even they shall fall , and never rise up again .

Who now do as formerly they have done, trust in sacrifice to, and swear by; who are obstinate Idolaters, and trust to those lies.

That which was the sin, the occasion of the sin of Samaria. The Calves at Dan and Bethel.

Think, profess, and swear too that

the Idol at Dan is the true and living God.

The Idols at Beersheba to which the zealous, mad, and bigotted Idolaters in Israel made their Pilgrimages

be consumed by Famine, Sword, and Captivity,

Never return out of Captivity, nor recover of this Consumption.

Marginal references: Hos. 4.15.; Deut. 9.21.