When it returns, it finds its old home is swept and tidy.
But as for those who turn aside to follow their own crooked ways—the Lord will lead them away together with those who do evil. May Israel be at peace!
Whatever they say is deceptive and deceitful. They no longer do anything wisely or for good.
When an evil spirit leaves someone, it goes through the desert looking for a place to stay. When it doesn't find anywhere, it says, ‘I'll return to the house I left.’
So it goes and finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there. In the end that man is worse off than before.”
