10. And now you think you can enslave the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem? What about your own guilt before the Lord your God?
11. Listen to me! Send back the captives you took from your relatives, because the Lord is furious with you."
12. At this, some of the Ephraimite leaders—Johanan’s son Azariah, Meshillemoth’s son Berechiah, Shallum’s son Jehizkiah, and Hadlai’s son Amasa—confronted those returning from battle.
13. "Don’t bring the captives here," they told them. "Your plan will only add to our sin and guilt before the Lord. We’re already guilty enough, and great anger is already directed at Israel."
14. So the warriors released the captives and brought the loot before the officers and the whole assembly.