Proverbs 24:31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and
nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Isaiah 34:13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces,
nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof; and it shall be a habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
Hosea 9:6 For, lo, they are gone because of destruction; Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; the pleasant places for their silver,
nettles shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tabernacles.
Zephaniah 2:9 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of
nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation; the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
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