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She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:
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How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
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Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.
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Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;
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But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:
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I also will laugh in [the day of] your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
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When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.
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Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:
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For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:
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They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof.
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Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.