Judges 9:20
But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from Beth-millo, and devour Abimelech.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
21And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
Cross References
Judges 7:22And they blew the three hundred horns, and the LORD set every man's sword a against his fellow, even throughout all the host; and the host fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
Judges 9:23And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech;
Judges 9:56Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;
2 Chronicles 20:22And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set liers-in-wait against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, that were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
Psalms 28:4Give them according to their deeds, and according to the evil of their endeavours; give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
Psalms 120:3What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?
Matthew Henry on Judges 9:8-22
Jotham's Parable. ( b. c. 1209.) 7 And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. 8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. 9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? 10 And the trees said… Read the whole commentary →