Judges 9:13-15

The Voice

¹³     But the vine refused, saying,
        “Should I stop producing the wine that cheers both gods and mortals so I can stand and sway over the trees?”
¹⁴     At last the trees came to the worthless thornbush, saying,
        “You come and reign over us.”
¹⁵     And the thornbush said to the trees,
    “If in good faith you want to anoint me as your king,
        then come and take refuge in my shade (of which there was precious little).
    But if you haven’t come in good faith, then let fire come from my brambles
        and burn down the cedars of Lebanon.”