Judges 9:7-9

Easy-to-Read Version

Jotham’s Story

⁷ Jotham heard that the leaders of the city of Shechem had made Abimelech king. When he heard this, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim^[a] and shouted out this story to the people:

“Listen to me you leaders of the city of Shechem. Then let God listen to you.

⁸ “One day the trees decided to choose a king to rule over them. The trees said to the olive tree, ‘You be king over us.’

⁹ “But the olive tree said, ‘My oil is used to honor gods and humans. Should I stop making my oil just to go and sway over the other trees?’