Holy Scripture
Judges 9:14
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
14Then all the trees said to the bramble, Come thou and reign over us.
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In context
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?
— Judges 9:14 —
15And the bramble said to the trees, If ye in truth anoint me to reign over you, come, stand under my shadow; and if not, let fire come out from me and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
16And now, if ye have done it in truth and integrity, and have made Abimelech king, and if ye have wrought well with Jerubbaal, and with his house, and if ye have done to him according to the reward of his hand,