18. And they lie in wait for their own dahm; they lurk secretly for their own nafshot.
19. So are the ways of every one that is greedy for betza (ill-gotten gain); which taketh away the nefesh of the be'alim (owners) thereof.
20. Chochmot crieth out in the street; she lifts up her voice in the rechovot (city squares);
21. She crieth out in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the she'arim (gates); in the Ir (city) she uttereth her words, saying,
22. Ad mosai, ye simple ones, will ye love being simpletons? And the scoffers delight in their mockery, and kesilim (fools) hate da'as?
23. Turn you at my tokhechah (reproof); hinei, I will pour out my ruach unto you, I will make known my devarim unto you.
24. Because I have called, and ye refused, I have stretched out my yad, and no man regarded;
25. But ye have disdained all my etza (counsel), and would have none of my tokhechah (reproof);
26. I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your pachad (terror) cometh;
27. When your pachad (terror) cometh like a storm, and your calamity cometh like a whirlwind; when tzarah (distress) and oppression cometh upon you.
28. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall look for me diligently, but they shall not find me;