10. I have also spoken by the prophets,And have multiplied visions;I have given symbols through the witness of the prophets.”
11. Though Gilead has idols—Surely they are vanity—Though they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal,Indeed their altars shall be heaps in the furrows of the field.
12. Jacob fled to the country of Syria;Israel served for a spouse,And for a wife he tended sheep.
13. By a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt,And by a prophet he was preserved.
14. Ephraim provoked Him to anger most bitterly;Therefore his Lord will leave the guilt of his bloodshed upon him,And return his reproach upon him.