4 Bible Verses about Nettles
Most Relevant Verses
And, behold, it was all overgrown with thorns,
And nettles were covering its surface,
And its stone wall was broken down.
Thorns will come up in its fortified palaces,
Nettles and brambles in its fortified cities;
It will be a haunt for jackals,
An abode for ostriches.
“Among the bushes they cry out [like wild animals];
Beneath the prickly scrub they gather and huddle together.
For soil that drinks the rain which often falls on it and produces crops useful to those for whose benefit it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God; but if it persistently produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned.
From Thematic Bible
Nettles » Figurative
“Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts,
The God of Israel,
“
And the
A land possessed by nettles and salt pits,
And a perpetual desolation.
The remnant of My people will plunder them
And what is left of My nation will inherit them [as their own].”
For behold, they will go away because of devastation and destruction;
Egypt will gather them up, Memphis will bury them.
Weeds will take over their treasures of silver;
Thorns will grow in their tents.
“Among the bushes they cry out [like wild animals];
Beneath the prickly scrub they gather and huddle together.
Nettles » An obnoxious plant
Thorns will come up in its fortified palaces,
Nettles and brambles in its fortified cities;
It will be a haunt for jackals,
An abode for ostriches.
And, behold, it was all overgrown with thorns,
And nettles were covering its surface,
And its stone wall was broken down.
