22 ‘How long will you who are simple love your simple ways?How long will mockers delight in mockeryand fools hate knowledge?
23 Repent at my rebuke!Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,I will make known to you my teachings.
24 But since you refuse to listen when I calland no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,
25 since you disregard all my adviceand do not accept my rebuke,
26 I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you;I will mock when calamity overtakes you –
27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm,when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
28 ‘Then they will call to me but I will not answer;they will look for me but will not find me,