19 And it occurred that when the judge died they would turn around and act more ruinously than their fathers by walking after other gods to serve them and bow down to them.+ They did not refrain from their practices and their stubborn behavior.+

4 “What shall I do to you, O Eʹphra·im? What shall I do to you, O Judah,+ when the loving-kindness* of YOU people is like the morning clouds and like the dew that early goes away?