22. “How much longerwill you enjoybeing stupid fools?Won't you ever stop sneeringand laughing at knowledge?
23. Listen as I correct youand tell you what I think.
24. You completely ignored meand refused to listen;
25. you rejected my adviceand paid no attentionwhen I warned you.
26. “So when you are struckby some terrible disaster,
27. or when trouble and distresssurround you like a whirlwind,I will laugh and make fun of you.
28. You will ask for my help,but I won't listen;you will search,but you won't find me.
29. No, you would not learn,and you refusedto respect the Lord.
30. You rejected my adviceand paid no attentionwhen I warned you.
31. “Now you will eat the fruitof what you have done,until you are stuffed fullwith your own schemes.
32. Sin and self-satisfactionbring destruction and deathto stupid fools.