“Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.”
The accusation that if Gilead is iniquity, they are surely vanity, indicating that Gilead has become a center of false religion and social injustice, that the altars there are monuments to covenant violation. The promise that in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls indicates another center of idolatry and false worship. This verse identifies specific locations of apostasy, suggesting that Israel's religious corruption is localized in particular cities and sanctuaries.
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