Judges 9:27

9:27 They went out to the field, harvested their grapes, ¹  squeezed out the juice, ²  and celebrated. They came to the temple ³  of their god and ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.

Judges 9:38

9:38 Zebul said to him, “Where now are your bragging words, ⁴  ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the men ⁵  you insulted? ⁶  Go out now and fight them!”

¹ tn Heb “vineyards.”

² tn Heb “stomped” or “trampled.” This refers to the way in which the juice was squeezed out in the wine vats by stepping on the grapes with one’s bare feet. For a discussion of grape harvesting in ancient Israel, see O. Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age Israel, 110-14.

³ tn Heb “house.”

⁴ tn Heb “is your mouth that says.”

⁵ tn Heb “the people.”

⁶ tn Or “despised.”