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16 So he took the elders of the city, and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he trampled[a] the people of Succoth.(A)

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  1. 8.16 Compare Gk: Heb he taught

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

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The best of them is like a brier,
    the most upright of them a thorn hedge.
The day of their[a] sentinels, of their[b] punishment, has come;
    now their confusion is at hand.(A)

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  1. 7.4 Heb your
  2. 7.4 Heb your

29 Punishments are prepared for scoffers
    and flogging for the backs of fools.(A)

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

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Of Pahath-moab, namely, the descendants of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve.(A)

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