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16 Then Gideon took the elders of the town and taught them a lesson, punishing them with thorns and briers from the wilderness.

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So Gideon said, “After the Lord gives me victory over Zebah and Zalmunna, I will return and tear your flesh with the thorns and briers from the wilderness.”

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Even the best of them is like a brier;
    the most honest is as dangerous as a hedge of thorns.
But your judgment day is coming swiftly now.
    Your time of punishment is here, a time of confusion.

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29 Punishment is made for mockers,
    and the backs of fools are made to be beaten.

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13 Wise words come from the lips of people with understanding,
    but those lacking sense will be beaten with a rod.

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The family of Pahath-moab (descendants of Jeshua and Joab)2,812
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