Like a dogthat returnsto its vomitIs a foolwho repeatshis folly.
It has happenedto them according to the true proverb,"A DOGRETURNSTO ITS OWNVOMIT,"and, "A sow,after washing,[returns] to wallowingin the mire."
"Thenit goesand takes alongwith it sevenotherspiritsmore wickedthan itself,and they goin and livethere;and the laststate of that manbecomesworsethan the first.That is the wayit will alsobe with thisevilgeneration."
But when Pharaohsawthat there was relief,he hardenedhis heartand did not listento them, as the LORDhad said.
"They struckme, [but] I did not becomeill;They beatme, [but] I did not know[it]. Whenshall I awake?I will seekanotherdrink."
[Like] an archerwho woundseveryone,So is he who hiresa foolor who hiresthose who passby.
Thoughyou pounda foolin a mortarwith a pestlealongwith crushedgrain,[Yet] his foolishnesswill not departfrom him.
For allthe tablesare fullof filthyvomit,withouta [single clean] place.
