Judges 9:14-16

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁴ “Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘Come! Reign over us!’

¹⁵ “And the bramble said to the trees, ‘If you will indeed anoint me king over you, come and put your trust under my shadow. And if not, the fire shall come out of the bramble and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’

¹⁶ “Now therefore, if you are true and incorruptible in making Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal, and with his House, and have done to him according to what his hands deserve