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Judges 9:7

& Now when they told Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted his voice and called out. Thus he said to them, "Listen to me, O men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.

Judg 9:8

& ~"Once the trees went forth to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, `Reign over us!'

Judg 9:9

& ~"But the olive tree said to them, `Shall I leave my fatness with which God and men are honored, and go to wave over the trees?'

Judg 9:10

& ~"Then the trees said to the fig tree, `You come, reign over us!'

Judg 9:11

& ~"But the fig tree said to them, `Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?'

Judg 9:12

& ~"Then the trees said to the vine, `You come, reign over us!'

Judg 9:13

& ~"But the vine said to them, `Shall I leave my new wine, which cheers God and men, and go to wave over the trees?'

Judg 9:14

& ~"Finally all the trees said to the bramble, `You come, reign over us!'

Judg 9:15

& ~"The bramble said to the trees, `If in truth you are anointing me as king over you, come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, may fire come out from the bramble and consume the cedars of Lebanon.'

Judges 9:7

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