7Now Jotham, on hearing of it, went to the top of Mount Gerizim, and crying out with a loud voice said to them, Give ear to me, you townsmen of Shechem, so that God may give ear to you.
8One day the trees went out to make a king for themselves; and they said to the olive-tree, Be king over us.
9But the olive-tree said to them, Am I to give up my wealth of oil, by which men give honour to God, and go waving over the trees?
10Then the trees said to the fig-tree, You come and be king over us.
11But the fig-tree said to them, Am I to give up my sweet taste and my good fruit and go waving over the trees?
12Then the trees said to the vine, You come and be king over us.
13But the vine said to them, Am I to give up my wine, which makes glad God and men, to go waving over the trees?
