9:14 “So all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘You come and be our king!’ 1 9:15 The thornbush said to the trees, ‘If you really want to choose 2 me as your king, then come along, find safety under my branches! 3 Otherwise 4 may fire blaze from the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’
1 tn Or “and rule over us!”
2 tn Heb “are about to anoint [with oil].”
3 tn Heb “in my shade.”
4 tn Heb “If not.”