7. and they declare [it] to Jotham, and he goeth and standeth on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifteth up his voice, and calleth, and saith to them, `Hearken unto me, O masters of Shechem, and God doth hearken unto you:
8. `The trees have diligently gone to anoint over them a king, and they say to the olive, Reign thou over us.
9. And the olive saith to them, Have I ceased from my fatness, by which they honour gods and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?
10. And the trees say to the fig, Come thou, reign over us.
11. And the fig saith to them, Have I ceased from my sweetness, and my good increase, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?
12. `And the trees say to the vine, Come thou, reign over us.
13. And the vine saith to them, Have I ceased from my new wine, which is rejoicing gods and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?