Nettles
'Nettles' signify vastation of good. 'An abandoned place of nettles,' as in Zephaniah 2:9, signifies the rage or burning of the life of a person from self-love.
In Isaiah 34:13, this signifies the falsities and evils of Edom. (Apocalypse Explained 714[18])
In Hosea 9:6, this signifies falsity destroying all truth. (Apocalypse Explained 799[14])
(References: Arcana Coelestia 2455 [1-4]; Zephaniah 2)