Judges 9:8-20

8 aThe trees once went out to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, bReign over us.’ 9But 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?’ 10And the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come and reign over us.’ 11But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit and go hold sway over the trees?’ 12And the trees said to the vine, ‘You come and reign over us.’ 13But the vine said to them, ‘Shall I leave my wine that ccheers God and men and go hold sway over the trees?’ 14Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You come and reign over us.’ 15And the bramble said to the trees, ‘If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and dtake refuge in my shade, but if not, elet fire come out of the bramble and devour fthe cedars of Lebanon.’

16Now therefore, if you acted in good faith and integrity when you made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with gJerubbaal and his house and have done to him has his deeds deserved 17for my father fought for you and risked his life and delivered you from the hand of Midian, 18and you have risen up against my father’s house this day iand have killed his sons, seventy men on one stone, and have made jAbimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the leaders of Shechem, kbecause he is your relative 19if you then have acted in good faith and integrity with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then lrejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you. 20But if not, mlet fire come out from Abimelech and devour the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the leaders of Shechem and from Beth-millo and devour Abimelech.”

Psalms 96:12-13

12let nthe field exult, and everything in it!
Then shall all othe trees of the forest sing for joy
13before the Lord, for he comes,
for he comes pto judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness,
and the peoples in his faithfulness.

Isaiah 55:12

12 q“For you shall go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
rthe mountains and the hills before you
shall break forth into singing,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

Ezekiel 17:22

22Thus says the Lord God: s“I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out. tI will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and uI myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

Ezekiel 17:24

24And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord; vI bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up wthe green tree, and make xthe dry tree flourish. yI am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.”

Zechariah 11:2

2Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,
for the glorious trees are ruined!
Wail, zoaks of Bashan,
for the thick forest has been felled!
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