²⁴ Because I have called and you have refused [to answer], have stretched out my hand and no man has heeded it,^(A)

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.^(B)

²⁹ Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord,^(C)

³⁰ Would accept none of my counsel, and despised all my reproof,