And it shall come to pass in that day, {that} every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall {even} be for briers and thorns.

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

Thorns {and} snares {are} in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. {cockle: or, noisome weeds}

And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

But that which beareth thorns and briers {is} rejected, and {is} nigh unto cursing; whose end {is} to be burned.

Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out {any of} these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns {and} briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy {in} the joyous city: {yea...: or, burning upon}

They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, {but} shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD. {they shall: or, ye shall}

And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, {and} nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

Who coverest {thyself} with light as {with} a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

But {the sons} of Belial {shall be} all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:

And Noah began {to be} an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.