15. My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a stream, as the channel of streams which pass away,
16. Which are turbid by reason of the ice, in which the snow hideth itself:
17. At the time they diminish, they are dried up; when heat affecteth them, they vanish from their place:
18. They wind about in the paths of their course, they go off into the waste and perish.
19. The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba counted on them:
20. They are ashamed at their hope; they come thither, and are confounded.
21. So now ye are nothing; ye see a terrible object and are afraid.
22. Did I say, Bring unto me, and make me a present from your substance?
23. Or, rescue me from the hand of the oppressor, and redeem me from the hand of the violent?
24. Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25. How forcible are right words! but what doth your upbraiding reprove?