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Osee 4:15

If thou play the harlot, O Israel, at least let not Juda offend: and go ye not into Galgal, and come not up into Bethaven, and do not swear: The Lord liveth.

Challoner: Not into Galgal, and come not up into BethavenPlaces where idols were worshipped. Bethel, which signifies the house of God, is called by the prophet, Bethaven, that is, the house of vanity, from Jeroboam's golden calf that was worshipped there.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine): Si fornicaris tu, Israël, non delinquat saltem Juda ; et nolite ingredi in Galgala, et ne ascenderitis in Bethaven, neque juraveritis : Vivit Dominus !
Septuagint (Swete): σὺ δέ, Ἰσραήλ, μὴ ἀγνόει, καὶ Ἰούδα, μὴ εἰσπορεύεσθε εἰς Γάλγαλα, καὶ μὴ ἀναβαίνετε εἰς τὸν οἶκον Ὤν, καὶ μὴ ὀμνύετε ζῶντα Κύριον.
Hebrew (WLC): אִם זֹנֶ֤ה אַתָּה֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַל יֶאְשַׁ֖ם יְהוּדָ֑ה וְאַל תָּבֹ֣אוּ הַגִּלְגָּ֗ל וְאַֽל תַּעֲלוּ֙ בֵּ֣ית אָ֔וֶן וְאַל תִּשָּׁבְע֖וּ חַי יְהוָֽה

Haydock's commentary

Offend. It was more culpable for Juda to commit idolatry (as they had the temple, &c., of the true God) than for Israel, whom Jeroboam hindered from going to Jerusalem, after he had set up his golden calves. (Worthington)

Galgal and Bethaven. Places where idols were worshipped. Bethel, which signifies the house of God, is called by the prophet Bethaven, that is, the house of vanity, from Jeroboam's golden calf which was worshipped there. (Challoner)

Galgal was on the confines of the two kingdoms, and always venerated by the Jews. Idols had been there in ancient times, and probably a sort of oracle, Judges iii. 19. If Israel be thus abandoned, let not Juda imitate them. (Calmet)

Lord. Profane not this sacred name by giving it to idols. (Theodoret)

Use not this expression, since you do not worship me. (St. Jerome)

From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.