The reference to thorns springing up in palaces and nettles and thistles in fortified cities indicates that the structures of human civilization will be reclaimed by wilderness. This verse emphasizes that the judgment results in the literal overgrowth of human structures by wild vegetation. The specific reference to palaces and fortified cities indicates that even the most impressive human achievements will succumb to the encroachment of nature. The verse establishes that the judgment involves not merely destruction but the restoration of the land to its natural, uncultivated state.

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