23 Suppose you had paid attention to my warning. Then I would have poured out my heart to you. I would have told you what I was thinking.
24 But you turned away from me when I called out to you. None of you paid attention when I reached out my hand.
25 You turned away from all my advice. You wouldn't accept my warning.
26 So I will laugh at you when you are in danger. I will make fun of you when hard times come.
27 I will laugh when hard times hit you like a storm. I will laugh when danger comes your way like a windstorm. I will make fun of you when suffering and trouble come.
28 "Then you will call to me. But I won't answer. You will look for me. But you won't find me.
29 You hated knowledge. You didn't choose to have respect for the Lord.