13. Behold there is no help for me in myself, and my familiar friends also are departed from me.
14. He that taketh away mercy from his friend, forsaketh the fear of the Lord.
15. My brethren have passed by me, as the torrent that passeth swiftly in the valleys.
16. They that fear the hoary frost, the snow shall fall upon them.
17. At the time when they shall be scattered they shall perish: and after it groweth hot they shall be melted out of their place.
18. The paths of their steps are entangled: they shall walk in vain, and shall perish.
19. Consider the paths of Thema, the ways of Saba, and wait a little while.