7. Now when they told Jotam, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, lifted up his voice, called out and said to them, “Listen to me, O lords of Shechem, that God may listen to you!
8. Once the trees set out to anoint a king over them. So they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’
9. But the olive tree said to them, ‘Should I stop yielding my oil, that honors God and man, and go wave over the trees?’
10. Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come and reign over us.’
11. But the fig tree said to them, ‘Should I stop yielding my sweetness and my delicious fruit, and go wave over the trees?’
12. So the trees said to the vine, ‘You come and reign over us.’
13. But the vine said to them, ‘Should I stop yielding my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go wave over the trees?’