¹⁴ “Friends should be loyal to you in times of trouble,
    even if you turn away from God All-Powerful.^[a]
15 But I cannot depend on you, my brothers.
    You are like a stream that has no water when the weather is dry
    but is flooded when the rains come.
¹⁶ In the winter, it is choked with ice and melting snow.