³⁰ They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.

²⁵ But you have ignored all my counsel, And wanted none of my reproof;

¹¹ But my people didn't listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.

¹⁷³ Let your hand be ready to help me, For I have chosen your precepts.

⁹ The wise men are disappointed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of Yahweh; and what manner of wisdom is in them?

¹⁸ They all as one began to make excuses. "The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.'

¹⁹ "Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.'

²⁰ "Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't come.'

¹¹¹ I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, For they are the joy of my heart.