“Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out My hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at nought all My counsel, and would none of My reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; when your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon Me, but I will not answer; they shall seek Me early, but they shall not find Me: for that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord: they would none of My counsel: they despised all My reproof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. But whoso hearkeneth unto Me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.” {4T 208.2}

»Fordi jeg råbte og i stod imod, jeg vinked og ingen ænsed det, men i lod hånt om alt mit råd og tog ikke min revselse til jer, derfor ler jeg ved eders ulykke, spotter, når det, i frygter, kommer, når det, i frygter, kommer som uvejr, når eders ulykke kommer som storm, når trængsel og nød kommer over jer. Da svarer jeg ej, når de kalder, de søger mig uden at finde, fordi de hadede kundskab og ikke valgte Herrens frygt; mit råd tog de ikke til sig, men lod hånt om al min revselse. Frugt af deres færd skal de (209) nyde og mættes med egne råd; thi tankeløses egensind bliver deres død, tåbers sorgløshed bliver deres undergang; men den, der adlyder mig, bor trygt, sikret mod ulykkens rædsel."