24. For I called, and you refused. I extended my hand, and there was no one who watched.
25. You have despised all my counsels, and you have neglected my rebukes.
26. Similarly, I will ridicule you at your demise, and I will mock you, when that which you feared shall overcome you.
27. When sudden calamity rushes upon you, and your demise advances like a tempest, when tribulation and anguish overcome you,
28. then they will call to me, and I will not heed, they will arise in the morning, and not find me.
29. For they held hatred for discipline, and they would not accept the fear of the Lord;