1:24 However, 1 because 2 I called but you refused to listen, 3
because 4 I stretched out my hand 5 but no one paid attention,
1:25 because 6 you neglected 7 all my advice,
and did not comply 8 with my rebuke,
1:26 so 9 I myself will laugh 10 when disaster strikes you, 11
I will mock when what you dread 12 comes,
1:27 when what you dread 13 comes like a whirlwind, 14
and disaster strikes you 15 like a devastating storm, 16
when distressing trouble 17 comes on you.
1:28 Then they will call to me, but I will not answer;
they will diligently seek 18 me, but they will not find me.
1:29 Because 19 they hated moral knowledge, 20
and did not choose to fear the Lord, 21
1:30 they did not comply with my advice,
they spurned 22 all my rebuke.
1:31 Therefore 23 they will eat from the fruit 24 of their way, 25
and they will be stuffed full 26 of their own counsel.
1:32 For the waywardness 27 of the
simpletons will kill 28 them,
and the careless ease 29 of fools will destroy them.