¹⁴ cast lots with us;
    we will all share the loot^(A)”—
¹⁵ my son, do not go along with them,
    do not set foot^(B) on their paths;^(C)
16 for their feet rush into evil,^(D)
    they are swift to shed blood.^(E)
17 How useless to spread a net
    where every bird can see it!
¹⁸ These men lie in wait^(F) for their own blood;
    they ambush only themselves!^(G)
19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
    it takes away the life of those who get it.^(H)

²² “How long will you who are simple^(J) love your simple ways?
    How long will mockers delight in mockery
    and fools hate^(K) knowledge?
²³ Repent at my rebuke!
    Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,
    I will make known to you my teachings.
²⁴ But since you refuse^(L) to listen when I call^(M)
    and no one pays attention^(N) when I stretch out my hand,
²⁵ since you disregard all my advice
    and do not accept my rebuke,
²⁶ I in turn will laugh^(O) when disaster^(P) strikes you;
    I will mock^(Q) when calamity overtakes you^(R)—
²⁷ when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
    when disaster^(S) sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
    when distress and trouble overwhelm you.

²⁸ “Then they will call to me but I will not answer;^(T)
    they will look for me but will not find me,^(U)
29 since they hated knowledge
    and did not choose to fear the Lord.^(V)
30 Since they would not accept my advice
    and spurned my rebuke,^(W)
31 they will eat the fruit of their ways
    and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.^(X)
32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,
    and the complacency of fools will destroy them;^(Y)

¹⁹ Hear, you earth:^(A)
    I am bringing disaster^(B) on this people,
    the fruit of their schemes,^(C)
because they have not listened to my words^(D)
    and have rejected my law.^(E)

³⁰ They are called rejected silver,^(A)
    because the Lord has rejected them.”^(B)