Judges 8:16 (a) Joshua punished these men by thrusting thorns into their bodies, and tortured them in this way because of their rebellion and their refusal to assist him in the hour of his need.
Hosea 10:11 (a) The heifer needed to be broken to work. The prophet speaks of this breaking process as a teaching of the animal to do the kind of work that was expected of him. So the Lord must teach us to do His will.