Judges 9:14-16

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁴ Finally all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You come, reign over us!’ ¹⁵ The bramble said to the trees, ‘If in ^[a]truth you are anointing me as king over you, come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, may fire come out from the bramble and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’

¹⁶ “Now therefore, if you have dealt in ^[b]truth and integrity in making Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with ^(A)Jerubbaal and his house, and ^[c]have dealt with him ^[d]as he deserved—