17. When they get warm, they shrink and disappear; when it is hot, they vanish out of their place.
18. The caravans which travel by way of them turn aside; they go into the waste places and perish. [Such is my disappointment in you, the friends I fully trusted.]
19. The caravans of Tema looked [for water], the companies of Sheba waited for them [in vain].
20. They were confounded because they had hoped [to find water]; they came there and were bitterly disappointed.
21. Now to me you are [like a dried-up brook]; you see my dismay and terror, and [believing me to be a victim of God's anger] you are afraid [to sympathize with me].