And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and with briers - a cruel torture, to which captives were often subjected in ancient times, by having thorns and briers placed on their naked bodies, and pressed down by sledges, or heavy implements of husbandry being dragged over them.