You Can't Delay Teshuvah

He punishes them because you're going to say, "Wait, so you knew the truth. So why did you delay? You knew that you can serve me in the ultimate level. And even though you only you eventually decided to do it, you delayed it by 6 years. You delayed it by 6 months. You delayed it by 10 years. You delayed it by a bunch of time. How dare you? I'm the king of kings. How dare you delay it?