Judges 8:16

Modern English Version

He took the city elders and disciplined the men of Sukkoth with thorns and briers of the wilderness.

Cross References

Ezra 2:6

the sons of Pahath-Moab of the sons of Jeshua and Joab —two thousand eight hundred and twelve;

Proverbs 10:13

On the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks understanding.

Proverbs 19:29

Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

Micah 7:4

The best among them is like a brier, the most upright among them a bramble; the day of your watchmen, of your punishment, has come; now their confusion is at hand.

Judges 8:15

Then he came to the men of Sukkoth and said, “Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me. You said, ‘Have you subjugated Zebah and Zalmunna that we should give bread to your weary army?’ ”

Judges 8:17

He tore down the tower of Peniel and killed the men of the city.

Judges 8:7

So Gideon said, “Because of this, when the Lord gives Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will tear your bodies with desert thorns and briers.”