20 Wisdom calls out in the streets, in the squares she raises her voice.
21 On a busy corner she cries out, at the entrances of the gates in the city, she speaks her sayings:
22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love simplicity? And how long will scoffers delight in their scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?
23 May you turn to my argument! Behold, I shall pour out my spirit upon you; I will make my words known to you.
24 Because I called out and you refused me, I stretched out my hand, yet there is none who heeds.
25 You have ignored all my counsel, and my reproof you are not willing to accept.
26 I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic comes upon you.