24. Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;
25. and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26. I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;
27. when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:
28. --then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me.
29. Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;
30. they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof: