Judges 9:7

Jotham’s Parable

9:7 When Jotham heard the news, ¹  he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He spoke loudly to the people below, ²  “Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!

Judges 9:15

9:15 The thornbush said to the trees, ‘If you really want to choose ³  me as your king, then come along, find safety under my branches! ⁴  Otherwise ⁵  may fire blaze from the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’

[9:7]  ¹ tn Heb “And they reported to Jotham.” The subject of the plural verb is indefinite.

[9:7]  ² tn Heb “He lifted his voice and called and said to them.”

[9:15]  ³ tn Heb “are about to anoint [with oil].”

[9:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “in my shade.”

[9:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “If not.”