11. Is Gilead wicked? Its people are worthless! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Their altars will be like piles of stones on a plowed field.
12. Jacob fled to the country of Aram ; Israel served to get a wife, and to pay for her he tended sheep.
13. The Lord used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt, by a prophet he cared for him.
14. But Ephraim has aroused his bitter anger; his Lord will leave on him the guilt of his bloodshed and will repay him for his contempt.