'Thistles' in the Bible

and thorns and thistles shall it yield thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and tares instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down.

Upon the land of my people shall come up thistles and briars, yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.