So now I say, I will not drive them out before you, but they shall become thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you.”

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

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.