13. No, I am utterly helpless,without any chance of success.
14. “One should be kind to a fainting friend,but you accuse me without any fear of the Almighty.
15. My brothers, you have proved as unreliable as a seasonal brookthat overflows its banks in the spring
16. when it is swollen with ice and melting snow.
17. But when the hot weather arrives, the water disappears.The brook vanishes in the heat.
18. The caravans turn aside to be refreshed,but there is nothing to drink, so they die.
19. The caravans from Tema search for this water;the travelers from Sheba hope to find it.