And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
The people shall be (as) the burnings of lime; (as) thorns ... burned in the fire - (Isaiah 9:18; Amos 2:1.) Perhaps alluding to their being about to be burnt on the funeral pyre (Isaiah 30:33).
Thorns - the wicked (2 Samuel 23:6-7).