They surrounded me like a swarm of bees, but they died as quickly as thorns burn. By the Lord’s power, I defeated them.
“But all evil people will be thrown away like thorns that cannot be held in a hand.
May the Lord answer you in times of trouble. May the God of Jacob protect you.
and we will shout for joy when you succeed, and we will raise a flag in the name of our God. May the Lord give you all that you ask for.
His anger will blow them away alive faster than burning thorns can heat a pot.
Lord our Lord, your name is the most wonderful name in all the earth!
The laughter of fools is like the crackling of thorns in a cooking fire. Both are useless.
I am not angry. If anyone builds a wall of thornbushes in war, I will march to it and burn it.
People will be burned until their bones become like lime; they will burn quickly like dry thornbushes.”
Those people will be like tangled thorns or like people drunk from their wine; they will be burned up quickly like dry weeds.
and the Amorites who lived in those mountains came out and fought you. They chased you like bees and defeated you from Edom to Hormah.
But David said to him, “You come to me using a sword and two spears. But I come to you in the name of the Lord All-Powerful, the God of the armies of Israel! You have spoken against him.