Judges 9:13-15

New Living Translation

¹³ But the grapevine also refused, saying,
‘Should I quit producing the wine
    that cheers both God and people,
    just to wave back and forth over the trees?’

¹⁴ “Then all the trees finally turned to the thornbush and said,
    ‘Come, you be our king!’
¹⁵ And the thornbush replied to the trees,
‘If you truly want to make me your king,
    come and take shelter in my shade.
If not, let fire come out from me
    and devour the cedars of Lebanon.’”