⁸ Like a bird that flees its nest^(A)
    is anyone who flees from home.

³⁶ Why do you go about so much,
    changing^(A) your ways?
You will be disappointed by Egypt^(B)
    as you were by Assyria.

⁴ “What can I do with you, Ephraim?^(A)
    What can I do with you, Judah?
Your love is like the morning mist,
    like the early dew that disappears.^(B)

⁸ “Ephraim mixes^(A) with the nations;
    Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.

² Their heart is deceitful,^(A)
    and now they must bear their guilt.^(B)
The Lord will demolish their altars^(C)
    and destroy their sacred stones.^(D)

² Their heart is deceitful,^(A)
    and now they must bear their guilt.^(B)
The Lord will demolish their altars^(C)
    and destroy their sacred stones.^(D)