Judges 9:13-15

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹³ And it answered them: Can I forsake my wine, that cheereth God and men, and be promoted among the other trees?

¹⁴ And all the trees said to the bramble: Come thou and reign over us.

¹⁵ And it answered them: If indeed you mean to make me king, come ye and rest under my shadow: but if you mean it not, let fire come out from the bramble, and devour the cedars of Libanus.