Judges 9:10-14

Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You, come, reign over us!’

But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I give up my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?’

Then the trees said to the vine, ‘You, come, reign over us!’

But the vine said to them, ‘Shall I give up my new wine, which cheers God and mankind, and go to wave over the trees?’

Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You, come, reign over us!’