Shofetim 9:14-16

Orthodox Jewish Bible

¹⁴ Then said all the etzim (trees) unto the thornbush, Come thou, and reign over us.

¹⁵ And the thornbush said unto the etzim (trees), If b’emes ye anoint me melech over you, then come and take refuge in my tzel (shade): and if not, let eish come out of the thornbush, and devour the cedars of the Levanon.

¹⁶ Now therefore, if ye have done b’emes and in good faith, in that ye have made Avimelech melech, and if ye have dealt tovah with Yerubaal [Gid’on] and his bais, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands—