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But since you rejected me when I called
and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,
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since you ignored all my advice
and would not accept my rebuke,
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I in turn will laugh at your disaster;
I will mock when calamity overtakes you—
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when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
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“Then they will call to me but I will not answer;
they will look for me but will not find me.
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Since they hated knowledge
and did not choose to fear the Lord,
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since they would not accept my advice
and spurned my rebuke,
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they will eat the fruit of their ways
and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
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For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,
and the complacency of fools will destroy them;