NSB(i)
15 »But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow
16 when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,
17 but that cease to flow in the dry season, and in the heat vanishes from their channels.
18 »Caravans turn aside from their routes. They go into the wasteland and perish.
19 »The caravans of Tema look for water. The traveling merchants of Sheba hope and wait in vain.
20 »They are distressed! They were once confident. They arrive there, only to be disappointed.
21 »Now you too have proved to be of no help. You see something dreadful and are afraid.
22 »Have I ever said: Give something on my behalf; pay a ransom for me from your wealth,