23. Turn at my reproof;surely I will pour out my spirit on you;I will make my words known to you.
24. Because I have called and you refused,I have stretched out my hand and no man regarded,
25. because you neglected all my counsel,and would have none of my reproof,
26. I also will laugh at your calamity;I will mock when your fear comes,
27. when your fear comes as desolationand your destruction comes as a whirlwind,when distress and anguish come upon you.
28. “Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;they will seek me early, but they will not find me.
29. Because they hated knowledgeand did not choose the fear of the Lord,