Judg 9:7-12 | ESV | STEP | When it was told to Jotham , he went and stood on top of Mount Gerizim and cried aloud and said to them, Listen to me, you leaders of Shechem , that God may listen to you.

a Deut. 11:29; 27:12; Josh. 8:33; [John 4:20]

Judges 9:7-12

7 When it was told to Jotham, he went and stood on top of ^aMount Gerizim and cried aloud and said to them, “Listen to me, you leaders of Shechem, that God may listen to you. 8 ^bThe trees once went out to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, ^c‘Reign over us.’ 9 But the olive tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my abundance, by which gods and men are honored, and go hold sway over the trees?’ 10 And the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come and reign over us.’ 11 But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit and go hold sway over the trees?’ 12 And the trees said to the vine, ‘You come and reign over us.’