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

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

⁸ As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

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

⁴ 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.

⁸ Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

² Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.

² Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.