¹⁵ We hoped for peace^(A)
    but no good has come,
for a time of healing
    but there is only terror.^(B)

¹⁸ Why is my pain unending
    and my wound grievous and incurable?^(A)
You are to me like a deceptive brook,
    like a spring that fails.^(B)

²² unless you have utterly rejected us^(A)
    and are angry with us beyond measure.^(B)