1. “Listen to this, you priests! Pay attention, people of Israel! Listen, you that belong to the royal family! You are supposed to judge with justice — so judgement will fall on you! You have become a trap at Mizpah, a net spread on Mount Tabor,
2. a deep pit at Acacia City, and I will punish all of you.
3. I know what Israel is like — she cannot hide from me. She has been unfaithful, and her people are unfit to worship me.”
4. The evil that the people have done prevents them from returning to their God. Idolatry has a powerful hold on them, and they do not acknowledge the Lord.