¹⁸ It will produce thorns and thistles^(A) for you,
    and you will eat the plants of the field.^(B)

“Break up your unplowed ground^(A)
    and do not sow among thorns.^(B)

⁶ I will make it a wasteland,^(A)
    neither pruned nor cultivated,
    and briers and thorns^(B) will grow there.
I will command the clouds
    not to rain^(C) on it.”

⁵ In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls,^(A)
    but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.