Judges 9:13-15

Lexham English Bible

¹³ But the vine said to them,
    ‘Should I stop producing my wine
    that makes the gods and men happy,
        to go sway over the trees?’
¹⁴ So all the trees said to the thornbush,
    ‘You, come rule over us.’
¹⁵ And the thornbush said to the trees,
    ‘If in good faith^[a] you are anointing
    me as king over you,
        then come and take refuge in my shade;
    if not, may fire go out from the thornbush
        and devour the cedars of Lebanon.’