Do not let anyone accuse or contend against anyone else: ¹  for my case is against you priests! ² 

I will deal with the people and priests together: ¹  I will punish them both for their ways, and I will repay them for their deeds.

The company of priests is like a gang of robbers, lying in ambush to pounce on a victim. They commit murder on the road to Shechem; they have done heinous crimes!

Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! ¹  Listen closely, ²  O king! ³  For judgment is about to overtake you! ⁴  For you were like a trap ⁵  to Mizpah, ⁶  like a net ⁷  spread out to catch Tabor. ⁸