Judges 9:7

And, when it was told Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried aloud,—and said unto them—Hearken unto me, ye owners of Shechem, and may God, hearken unto you.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6Then were gathered together all the owners of Shechem, and all the house of Millo, and they went and made Abimelech king,—by the oak of the pillar, that was in Shechem.

8The trees, went their way, to anoint over them, a king,—and they said unto the olive tree—Reign thou over us.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:6And he said unto them, Hear ye I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

Deuteronomy 27:12These, shall stand to bless the people upon Mount Gerizim, when ye have passed over the Jordan,—Simeon and Levi and Judah, and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin;

Psalms 18:40As for my foes, thou didst give me their neck, and, as for them who hated me, I destroyed them.

Proverbs 1:28Then, will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me diligently, but shall not find me.

Proverbs 28:9He that turneth away his ear from hearing instruction, even his prayer, is an abomination.

Isaiah 58:6Is not, this, the fast that I must ever choose—To unbind the tight cords of lawlessness, To unloose the bands of the yoke,—and To let the crushed go free, and That every yoke, ye tear off?

Matthew Henry on Judges 9:2-7

The Usurpation of Abimelech. ( b. c. 1209.) 1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, 2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh. 3 And his mother's brethren spake of him in… Read the whole commentary →

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