⁸ All the people of Gilead do evil things.
The blood from their murders lies on the streets.
⁹ The priests join together like robbers.
They hide themselves and they are ready to attack.
They wait on the road to Shechem,
ready to murder people who pass that way.^[a]
They have done wicked things.
¹⁰ I have seen people do disgusting things in Israel.
Like a prostitute, Ephraim's people serve false gods.
Yes, the Israelites have made themselves unclean.