In Oedipus Rex, how does the Chorus's response change from Ode 1 to Ode 2?

This is a great question. It is well worth analysing the
Chorus as a character in his own right, and considering where he stands throughout the
play and how he comments on the action and what is happening. Certainly in Ode 1 the the
Chorus expresses both confident optimism and nervous apprehension. This apparent
indecision or ambiguity reflects the wider theme of Oedipus's great knowledge against
his ignorance of the terrible truth about his own
past.

However, the in Ode 2 the Chorus comments harshly on
those who attempt to defy or dismiss prophecy. Clearly he is referring here to Jocasta
and her scepticism regarding oracles and their veracity. In this Ode, the complete trust
in the Gods and their oracles and prophecies seems to indicate a siding against Oedipus
and for the element of destiny and fate that will gradually reveal itself. Consider the
following lines:

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Let each man take due earnings,
then,

And keep his hands from holy
things,

And from blasphemy stand apart
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Else the crackling blast of
heaven

Blows on his head, and on his desperate
heart...

Clearly the power of
the Gods to punish blasphemy and those who oppose them, knowingly or unknowingly, is
alluded to, thus indicated bad things in the offing for Oedipus.