¹⁶ He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

⁷ Gideon said, Therefore when Yahweh has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.

⁶ The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua [and] Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve.

¹³ Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, But a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

²⁹ Penalties are prepared for scoffers, And beatings for the backs of fools.

⁴ The best of them is like a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, Even your visitation, has come; Now is the time of their confusion.