15. But you, my friends, you deceive me like streamsthat go dry when no rain comes.
16. The streams are choked with snow and ice,
17. but in the heat they disappear,and the stream beds lie bare and dry.
18. Caravans get lost looking for water;they wander and die in the desert.
19. Caravans from Sheba and Tema search,
20. but their hope dies beside dry streams.
21. You are like those streams to me,you see my fate and draw back in fear.