11 If Gilead is an idol, then they have been sacrificing cattle in Gilgal to no purpose. For even their altars are like clutter on the soil of the field.
12 Jacob fled into the region of Syria, and Israel served like a wife, and was served by a wife.
13 Yet by a prophet the Lord led Israel out of Egypt, and he was served by a prophet.
14 Ephraim has provoked me to wrath with his bitterness, and his blood will overcome him, and his Lord will requite him for his shamefulness.