20. Wisdom calls out in the streets, in the squares she raises her voice.
21. On a busy corner she cries out, at the entrances of the gates in the city, she speaks her sayings:
22. “How long, O simple ones, will you love simplicity? And how long will scoffers delight in their scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?
23. May you turn to my argument! Behold, I shall pour out my spirit upon you; I will make my words known to you.
24. Because I called out and you refused me, I stretched out my hand, yet there is none who heeds.
25. You have ignored all my counsel, and my reproof you are not willing to accept.
26. I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic comes upon you.
27. When your panic comes like a storm, and your calamity arrives like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you,