Judges 9:14

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You come and reign over us.’

Cross References

2 Kings 14:9

King Jehoash of Israel sent word to King Amaziah of Judah, “A thornbush on Lebanon sent to a cedar on Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son for a wife,’ but a wild animal of Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thornbush.

Judges 9:13

But the vine said to them, ‘Shall I stop producing my wine that cheers gods and mortals and go to sway over the trees?’

Judges 9:15

And the bramble said to the trees, ‘If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade, but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.’