And so Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and hath built temples, and, Judah, hath multiplied fortified cities, - Therefore will I send a fire upon his cities, and it shall consume the palaces thereof.

They are all untrue; they are like a burning oven; the bread-maker does not make up the fire from the time when the paste is mixed till it is leavened.

Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.

Gilead is a city of trouble-makers, slippery with blood marks.