21 Above the noisy crowd, she calls out.At the entrances of the city gates, she has her say:
22 "How long will you clueless people love your naïveté, mockers hold their mocking dear,and fools hate knowledge?
23 You should respond when I correct you.Look, I’ll pour out my spirit on you.I’ll reveal my words to you.
24 I invited you, but you rejected me;I stretched out my hand to you,but you paid no attention.
25 You ignored all my advice,and you didn’t want me to correct you.
26 So I’ll laugh at your disaster;I’ll make fun of you when dread comes over you,
27 when terror hits you like a hurricane,and your disaster comes in like a tornado,when distress and oppression overcome you.