Judges 9:13-15

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¹³ “But the vine answered, ‘My new wine makes men and gods happy. Should I stop making it and go and sway over the trees?’

¹⁴ “Then all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and ·be king [rule; reign] over us.’

¹⁵ “But the thornbush said to the trees, ‘If you really want to ·appoint [^Lanoint] me king over you, come and ·find shelter [take refuge] in my shade! But if not, let fire come out of the thornbush and ·burn up [consume; devour] the cedars of Lebanon!’ [^CA worthless thornbush provides no shelter and burns hot and quick (Ps. 58:9), igniting the great cedars of Lebanon (the most valuable trees in the ancient Near East); see v. 20.]