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Jotham’s Parable

When they told Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim,(A) raised his voice, and called to them:

Listen to me, citizens of Shechem,
and may God listen to you:

The trees decided
to anoint a king over themselves.
They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’
But the olive tree said to them,
‘Should I stop giving my oil
that people use to honour both God and men,
and rule[a] over the trees? ’

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Footnotes

  1. 9:9 Lit and go to sway, also in vv. 11,13