Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
no more . . . brier . . . unto . . . Israel—as the idolatrous nations left in Canaan (among which Zidon is expressly specified in the limits of Asher, Judges 1:31) had been (Numbers 33:55; Joshua 23:13). "A brier," first ensnaring the Israelites in sin, and then being made the instrument of punishing them.
pricking—literally, "causing bitterness." The same Hebrew is translated "fretting" (Leviticus 13:51-52). The wicked are often called "thorns" (II Samuel 23:6).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ezekiel 28:24:
Zechariah 9:8
2 Corinthians 12:7
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