24. Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;
25. But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:
26. I also will laugh in the day of your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
27. When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.
28. Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:
29. For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:
30. They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof.
31. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.