We have sinned with our fathers; we have done amiss, and dealt wickedly.

But even like as Adam did, so have they broken my covenant, and set me at naught.

Then I saw, that they both were defiled alike.

Then shall the priest be as the people, the master as the servant, the dame like the maid, the seller like the buyer, he that lendeth upon usury, like him that borroweth upon usury, the creditor as the debtor.

"'Behold, all they that use common proverbs, shall use this proverb also against thee: 'Like mother, like daughter.'

Thus the priest is become like the people. Wherefore I will punish them for their wicked ways, and reward them according to their own imaginations.

He was a mighty hunter in the sight of the LORD, whereof came the proverb "he is as Nimrod, that mighty hunter in the sight of the LORD."

For I would that all men were as I myself am: but every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, another after that.