24 Because you refused when I called, and did not pay attention when I stretched out my hand,
25 since you ignore all my advice and would not accept my rebuke,
26 I in turn will laugh at your calamity. I will mock when dread comes on you,
27 when your terror comes like a storm and your calamity sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when trouble and distress overwhelm you!
28 Then they will cry out to me, but I will not answer! They will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of Adonai,
30 they would not accept my counsel, they spurned all my reproof,