24. Because I have called and you have refused [to answer], have stretched out my hand and no man has heeded it, [Isa. 65:11, 12; 66:4; Jer. 7:13, 14; Zech. 7:11-13.]
25. And you treated as nothing all my counsel and would accept none of my reproof,
26. I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when the thing comes that shall cause you terror and panic–
27. When your panic comes as a storm and desolation and your calamity comes on as a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.
28. Then will they call upon me [Wisdom] but I will not answer; they will seek me early and diligently but they will not find me. [Job 27:9; 35:12, 13; Isa. 1:15, 16; Jer. 11:11; Mic. 3:4; James 4:3.]
29. Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord, [Prov. 8:13.]
30. Would accept none of my counsel, and despised all my reproof,
31. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way and be satiated with their own devices.