Now when they told Jotham, he went and stood on the top of (A)Mount Gerizim, and raised his voice and called out. And he said to them, “Listen to me, you [a]leaders of Shechem, that God may listen to you. Once the trees went to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us!’ But the olive tree said to them, ‘Shall I give up my fatness with [b]which God and mankind are honored, and go to wave over the trees?’

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 9:7 Or landowners
  2. Judges 9:9 Lit which by me

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