Judges 9:12-14

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹² Then the trees said to the vine,
    “You come and reign over us.”
¹³ But the vine said to them,
    “Shall I stop producing my wine
        that cheers gods and mortals,
        and go to sway over the trees?”
¹⁴ So all the trees said to the bramble,
    “You come and reign over us.”