11. The people of Gilead are evil,worth nothing.Though people sacrifice bulls at Gilgal,their altars will become like piles of stonein a plowed field.
12. Your ancestor Jacob fled to Northwest Mesopotamiawhere he worked to get a wife;he tended sheep to pay for her.
13. Later the Lord used a prophetto bring Jacob’s descendants out of Egypt;he used a prophetto take care of the Israelites.
14. But the Israelites made the Lord angry when they killed other people,and they deserve to die for their crimes.The Lord will make them payfor the disgraceful things they have done.