Yesaya 5:6

5:6 I will make it a wasteland;

no one will prune its vines or hoe its ground, ¹ 

and thorns and briers will grow there.

I will order the clouds

not to drop any rain on it.

Yehezkiel 2:6

2:6 But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words – even though briers ²  and thorns ³  surround you and you live among scorpions – do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, ⁴  for they are a rebellious house!

[5:6]  ¹ tn Heb “it will not be pruned or hoed” (so NASB); ASV and NRSV both similar.

[2:6]  ² tn The Hebrew term occurs only here in the OT.

[2:6]  ³ tn The Hebrew term is found elsewhere in the OT only in Ezek 28:24.

[2:6]  sn Here thorns may be a figure for hostility (Ezek 28:24; Mic 7:4).

[2:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “of their faces.”