21. at the head of the noisy streets she cries out;at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
22. “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?How long will scoffers delight in their scoffingand fools hate knowledge?
23. If you turn at my reproof,behold, I will pour out my spirit to you;I will make my words known to you.
24. Because I have called and you refused to listen,have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
25. because you have ignored all my counseland would have none of my reproof,
26. I also will laugh at your calamity;I will mock when terror strikes you,
27. when terror strikes you like a stormand your calamity comes like a whirlwind,when distress and anguish come upon you.
28. Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
29. Because they hated knowledgeand did not choose the fear of the Lord,
30. would have none of my counseland despised all my reproof,
31. therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way,and have their fill of their own devices.
32. For the simple are killed by their turning away,and the complacency of fools destroys them;