¹⁵ But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,^(A)
    as the streams that overflow

²⁰ They are distressed, because they had been confident;
    they arrive there, only to be disappointed.^(A)

³ The nobles send their servants for water;
    they go to the cisterns
    but find no water.^(A)
They return with their jars unfilled;
    dismayed and despairing,
    they cover their heads.^(B)