Judges 9:11-13

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹¹ But the fig tree answered them,
    ‘Shall I stop producing my sweetness
        and my delicious fruit,
        and go to sway over the trees?’
¹² Then the trees said to the vine,
    ‘You come and reign over us.’
¹³ But the vine said to them,
    ‘Shall I stop producing my wine
        that cheers gods and mortals,
        and go to sway over the trees?’