9. Since the days of Gibeahyou have sinned, Israel.There they took their stand;will war not reach them in Gibeah?Against a perverse people
10. I came and I chastised them;Peoples will be gathered against themwhen I bind them to their two crimes.
11. Ephraim was a trained heifer,that loved to thresh;I myself laid a yokeupon her beautiful neck;I will make Ephraim break ground, Judah must plow,Jacob must harrow for himself:
12. “Sow for yourselves justice,reap the reward of loyalty;Break up for yourselves a new field,for it is time to seek the Lord,till he comes and rains justice upon you.”
13. But you have plowed wickedness,reaped perversity,and eaten the fruit of falsehood.Because you have trusted in your own power,and in your many warriors,
14. The clamor of war shall break out among your peopleand all your fortresses shall be ravagedAs Salman ravaged Beth-arbel on the day of war,smashing mothers along with their children.
15. So it will be done to you, Bethel,because of your utter wickedness:At dawn the king of Israelwill utterly disappear.