Ezekiel 28:24

“And there shall be no more a pricking brier to the house of Israel, &c.] To the church of God, Jews or Gentiles, particularly to the Jews, who will now be converted; all the enemies of Christ and his people will now be destroyed, who have been very grievous and distressing to them by their furious persecutions; the pope and Turk will be no more, nor any of the antichristian powers; the beast and false prophet will be taken and cast into the lake of fire; and there will be none to hurt and destroy in all the holy mountain, (<661920>Revelation 19:20 <231109>Isaiah 11:9): nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them that despised them; the same thing in other words as before; wicked…”

“no more . . . brier . . . unto . . . Israel--as the idolatrous nations left in Canaan (among which Zidon is expressly specified in the limits of Asher, Jdg 1:31) had been (Num 33:55; Jos 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" (Lev 13:51-52). The wicked are often called "thorns" (Sa2 23:6).”

“A pricking briar - By these two metaphors the prophet points out the troublesome neighbours of the Jews, such as Moab, Ammon, Edom, Tyre, and Zidon. This never had a full accomplishment yet. But it will, for the scripture cannot be broken. Ezekiel 28:25”

“a pricking: Num 33:55; Jos 23:13; Jdg 2:3; Isa 35:9, Isa 55:13; Jer 12:14; Mic 7:4; Co2 12:7; Rev 21:4 and they: Eze 28:23, Eze 28:26, Eze 36:36-38, Eze 39:28 Ezekiel 28:25”