Judges 9:15

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The bramble said to the trees, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out from the bramble and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’

Cross References

Isaiah 30:2

Without asking my advice they set out to go down to Egypt in order to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shadow.

Hosea 14:7

The people will return and live beneath his shade. They will grow corn and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.

Isaiah 2:13

against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,

Judges 9:20

But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the citizens of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the citizens of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.’

Daniel 4:12

Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and on it was food for all. Wild animals found shelter under it, the birds of the sky  lived in its branches, and every creature was fed from it.

Ezekiel 19:14

Fire has gone out from its main branch and has devoured its fruit, so that it no longer has a strong branch, a sceptre for ruling. This is a lament and should be used as a lament.’

Isaiah 37:24

You have mocked the Lord through your servants. You have said, ‘With my many chariots I have gone up to the heights of the mountains, to the far recesses of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars, its choice cypress trees. I came to its distant heights, its densest forest.

2 Kings 14:9

King Jehoash of Israel sent word to King Amaziah of Judah, saying, ‘The thistle in Lebanon once sent a message to the cedar  in Lebanon,  saying, “Give your daughter to my son as a wife.” Then a wild animal in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

Numbers 21:28

For fire came out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the citizens of Arnon’s heights.

Matthew 13:32

It’s the smallest of all the seeds, but when grown, it’s taller than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.’

Ezekiel 31:3

Think of Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches and shady foliage and of lofty height. Its top was among the clouds.

Isaiah 1:31

The strong one will become tinder, and his work a spark; both will burn together, with no one to extinguish the flames.

Judges 9:49

Each of the troops also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire; about a thousand men and women died, including all the men of the Tower of Shechem.

Judges 9:14

Finally, all the trees said to the bramble, ‘Come and reign over us.’

Judges 9:16

‘Now if you have acted faithfully  and honestly  in making Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have rewarded him appropriately for what he did #– #

Judges 9:44

Then Abimelech and the units that were with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two units rushed against all who were in the countryside and struck them down.

Lamentations 4:20

The Lord’s anointed, the breath of our life,  , was captured in their traps. We had said about him, ‘We will live under his protection among the nations.’