The thistle, or briar or thorn. Hebrew. choch, rendered thistle here, and in 2 Chronicles 25:18; Job 31:40. thorn in 2 Chronicles 33:11.Job 41:2.Proverbs 26:9; Song of Solomon 2:2.Hosea 9:6. and bramble in Isaiah 34:13.
sent. For. similar fable, see Judges 9:8. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia.