World English Bible
Judges 9:15
“The bramble said to the trees, 'If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.”
Verse in context — Judges 9
The vine said to them, 'Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?
Then all the trees said to the bramble, 'Come and reign over us.
The bramble said to the trees, 'If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Now therefore, if you have dealt truly and righteously, in that you have made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to the deserving of his hands
(for my father fought for you, and risked his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
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A cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance in Israel’s early history.
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