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

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So Gideon said, “Well then, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, (A)I will flail your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.”

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The best of them is (A)like a brier,
    the most upright of them a thorn hedge.
The day of (B)your watchmen, of your punishment, has come;
    (C)now their confusion is at hand.

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29 Condemnation is ready for (A)scoffers,
    and (B)beating for the backs of fools.

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13 On the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found,
    but (A)a rod is for the back of him who (B)lacks sense.

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The sons of Pahath-moab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,812.

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