For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour 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.

I have indeed trained, I have strengthened their arms, but they imagine mischief against me.

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