'Thistles' in the Bible
“Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you;And you will eat the plants of the field;
And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles;Its surface was covered with nettles,And its stone wall was broken down.
Thorns will come up in its fortified towers,Nettles and thistles in its fortified cities;It will also be a haunt of jackalsAnd an abode of ostriches.
And you, son of man, neither fear them nor fear their words, though thistles and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions; neither fear their words nor be dismayed at their presence, for they are a rebellious house.
You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?
but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned.