¹¹ But the people of Gilead are worthless
    because of their idol worship.
And in Gilgal, too, they sacrifice bulls;
    their altars are lined up like the heaps of stone
    along the edges of a plowed field.

¹¹ “Israel has built many altars to take away sin,
    but these very altars became places for sinning!

⁸ “Gilead is a city of sinners,
    tracked with footprints of blood.

¹⁵ “Though you, Israel, are a prostitute,
    may Judah not be guilty of such things.
Do not join the false worship at Gilgal or Beth-aven,^[a]
    and do not take oaths there in the Lord’s name.

¹⁵ The Lord says, “All their wickedness began at Gilgal;
    there I began to hate them.
I will drive them from my land
    because of their evil actions.
I will love them no more
    because all their leaders are rebels.

⁸ Those who worship false gods
    turn their backs on all God’s mercies.

⁵ Don’t worship at the pagan altars at Bethel;
    don’t go to the shrines at Gilgal or Beersheba.
For the people of Gilgal will be dragged off into exile,
    and the people of Bethel will be reduced to nothing.”

⁴ “Go ahead and offer sacrifices to the idols at Bethel.
    Keep on disobeying at Gilgal.
Offer sacrifices each morning,
    and bring your tithes every three days.

¹⁵ Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies!
    On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed.