# they even take it from among the thorns

This perhaps refers to parts of a field where the worst crops grow, because of thorn plants present.

# The thirsty pant for their wealth

Here greedy people are spoken of as if they were thirsty, and the wealth of the foolish person is spoken of as if it were something that they could drink. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])