10. I sent my prophets to warn youwith many visions and parables.”
11. But the people of Gilead are worthlessbecause of their idol worship.And in Gilgal, too, they sacrifice bulls;their altars are lined up like the heaps of stonealong the edges of a plowed field.
12. Jacob fled to the land of Aram,and there he earned a wife by tending sheep.
13. Then by a prophetthe lord brought Jacob’s descendants out of Egypt;and by that prophetthey were protected.
14. But the people of Israelhave bitterly provoked the lord,so their Lord will now sentence them to deathin payment for their sins.