CLV(i)
22 How long, O simple ones, shall you love simplicity, And mockers covet their mocking, And the stupid hate knowledge?
23 May you turn back at my correction; Behold, let me utter what is in my spirit to you; Let me make known my words to you."
24 Because I called, and you refused, I stretched out my hand, and no one attended,
25 And you renounced all my counsel, And you would not heed my reproof,
26 Indeed, I myself shall ridicule you in your calamity; I shall deride when alarm comes upon you,
27 When alarm comes upon you like a tumult, And calamity, it arrives upon you like a sweeping whirlwind, When distress and constraint come upon you."
28 Then they shall call me, yet I shall not answer; They shall seek me early, yet shall not find me."
29 Because they hated knowledge And would not choose the fear of Yahweh,