but hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the harlot, like as the house of Ahab did, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, who were better than thyself:
thi fadir, seith þese thingis, For thou yedist not in þe weies of Josaphat, thi fadir, and in þe weie of Asa, kyng of Juda, but thou yedist bi þe weie of þe kyngis of Israel, and madist Juda and þe dwelleris of Jerusalem to do fornicacioun, and suedist þe fornicacioun of þe hows of Achab; ferþermore and thou hast slayn thi briþeren and þe hows of thi fadir, þat weren betere than thou; lo!