Holy Scripture
Judges 9:11
A church father on this verse
“But lest I should appear to some to be sophistical, and to conjecture these things from mere probabilities, and to babble, I will bring forward to you, O virgins, from the Old Testament, written prophecy from the book of Judges, to show that I speak the truth, where the future reign of chastity was already clearly for…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
11But the fig tree said to them, Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruits, and go to be promoted over the trees?
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9But the olive said to them, Shall I leave my fatness, with which men shall glorify God, and go to be promoted over the trees?
10And the trees said to the fig tree, Come, reign over us.
— Judges 9:11 —
12And the trees said to the vine, Come, reign over us.
13And the vine said to them, Shall I leave my wine that cheers God and men, and go to be promoted over the trees?