King James Version (KJV)
Judges 9:13
“And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?”
Verse in context — Judges 9
11
But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
12
Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, [and] reign over us.
13
And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
14
Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, [and] reign over us.
15
And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, [then] come [and] put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
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A cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance in Israel’s early history.
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