let thistles grow instead of wheat, and useless weed instead of barley.” The words of Iyoḇ
but I have hated Ě
“Therefore, as I live,” declares יהוה of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ
And it shall be in that day, every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand sheqels of silver, let it be for thornbushes and weeds.
The prayers of Dawiḏ
Lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom’ – it is Ě
and I lay it waste; it is not pruned or dug and thornbushes and weeds shall come up; and I command the clouds not to rain on it.”
and shall say, ‘So does Baḇ
let my arm fall from my shoulder, and my arm be broken from the bone.