Dictionary of Bible Themes Prickly vegetation, painful to the touch, often seen as a symbol of dereliction. Ezekiel 28:24A brier as prickly vegetation See also Isaiah 7:23-25Ezekiel 2:6 Micah 7:2-4 Isaiah 5:6 A brier as a symbol of dereliction See also Job 31:38-40Isaiah 32:11-13; 55:13 Hosea 9:6 Isaiah 10:17 Briers are destroyed by fire See also Isaiah 9:18; 27:4Judges 8:16 Briers as an instrument of punishment See also Judges 8:4-7See also 4522 threshing |



