Sheep or swine?

(John Ensor)

"The swine that has been washed returns to
 wallow in the mire." 2 Peter 2:22

Sheep and swine can both end up in the mire.
Yet the essential difference in their two natures
is quite visible from the reaction each has to its
fallen condition. While sheep do stray and stumble
into the mire, they quickly loathe the situation and
struggle to get free. They may be dirty, but they
desire to be clean. They may be stuck, but they
bleat for their shepherd to come and save them
out of the muck. But swine, in keeping with their
nature, wallow in the muck, content to stay there
all day.

"The swine that has been washed returns to
 wallow in the mire." 2 Peter 2:22