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,
29. since they hated knowledgeand did not choose to fear the Lord.
30. Since they would not accept my adviceand spurned my rebuke,
31. they will eat the fruit of their waysand be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
32. For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
33. but whoever listens to me will live in safetyand be at ease, without fear of harm.’