Instead of repentance, there is eating and drinking, partying and celebration of a particularly hedonistic character expressed as "let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die." This verse quotes the people's false philosophy, capturing the spiritual corruption that judgment addresses: a present-oriented materialism that denies transcendent meaning and refuses accountability to God. The phrase "for tomorrow we die" suggests either a fatalistic resignation in the face of judgment or a denial of judgment through the assertion of present pleasure. This response represents the opposite of repentance: instead of turning to God in crisis, the people intensify their pursuit of satisfaction and distraction. The oracle exposes how humans often respond to judgment not with contrition but with increased resistance and hardening, suggesting judgment itself does not necessarily produce the response God desires.

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