Saying 30

21 Fear the Lord and the king,(A) my son,
    and do not join with rebellious officials,

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21 My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

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22 for those two will send sudden destruction(A) on them,
    and who knows what calamities they can bring?

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22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?

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

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As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

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

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36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

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“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)

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O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

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

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Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

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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)

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Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.

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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)

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Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.

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