8 “Gilead is a city of sinners,tracked with footprints of blood.
9 Priests form bands of robbers,waiting in ambush for their victims.They murder travelers along the road to Shechemand practice every kind of sin.
10 Yes, I have seen something horrible in Ephraim and Israel:My people are defiled by prostituting themselves with other gods!
11 “O Judah, a harvest of punishment is also waiting for you,though I wanted to restore the fortunes of my people.