Now hear my reasoning, And heed the pleadings of my lips.
“Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
Now when they told Jotham, he went and stood on top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted his voice and cried out. And he said to them: “Listen to me, you men of Shechem, That God may listen to you!
Oh, that you would be silent, And it would be your wisdom!
Will you speak wickedly for God, And talk deceitfully for Him?
Listen carefully to my speech, And to my declaration with your ears.
