The Bible

Jeremiah 49:27

²⁷ And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad.

Commentary

Briars

In Isaiah 34:13, see Bramble, Briers, Thorns.

In Isaiah 9:17, briars and thorns signify falsity and lust.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 2831; Isaiah 9:18, Isaiah 32:13)