OT.filter - ylt Judges:9:1:

ylt@Judges:9:1 @and Abimelech son of Jerubbaal goeth to Shechem, unto his mother's brethren, and speaketh unto them, and unto all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,

ylt@Judges:9:10 @And the trees say to the fig, Come thou, reign over us.

ylt@Judges:9:11 @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?

ylt@Judges:9:12 @'And the trees say to the vine, Come thou, reign over us.

ylt@Judges:9:13 @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?

ylt@Judges:9:14 @And all the trees say unto the bramble, Come thou, reign over us.

ylt@Judges:9:15 @And the bramble saith unto the trees, If in truth ye are anointing me for king over you, come, take refuge in my shadow; and if not -- fire cometh out from the bramble, and devoureth the cedars of Lebanon.

ylt@Judges:9:16 @'And, now, if in truth and in sincerity ye have acted, when ye make Abimelech king; and if ye have done good with Jerubbaal, and with his house; and if according to the deed of his hands ye have done to him --

ylt@Judges:9:17 @because my father hath fought for you, and doth cast away his life from [him], and deliver you from the hand of Midian;

ylt@Judges:9:18 @and ye have risen against the house of my father to-day, and slay his sons, seventy men, on one stone, and cause Abimelech son of his handmaid to reign over the masters of Shechem, because he [is] your brother --

ylt@Judges:9:19 @yea, if in truth and in sincerity ye have acted with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, rejoice ye in Abimelech, and he doth rejoice -- even he -- in you;