Shìshījì 9:14

14 Zhòng shù duì jīngjí shuō , qǐng nǐ lái zuò wǒmen de wáng .

Shìshījì 9:14 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 9:14

Then said all the trees unto the bramble
Perceiving they could not prevail upon any of the useful and fruitful trees to take the government of them, they unite in a request to a bramble, scarce to be called a tree, and however a very barren and fruitless one, yea, hurtful and distressing:

come thou, and reign over us;
this respects Abimelech, and describes him as a mean person, the son of a concubine, as having no goodness in him, not any good qualifications to recommend him to government, but all the reverse, cruel, tyrannical, and oppressive; and this exposes the folly of the Shechemites, and their eagerness to have a king at any rate, though ever so mean and despicable, useless and pernicious.

Shìshījì 9:14 In-Context

12 Shùmù duì pútàoshù shuō , qǐng nǐ lái zuò wǒmen de wáng .

13 Pútàoshù huídá shuō , wǒ qǐ kĕn zhǐ zhù shǐ shén hé rén xǐlè de xīn jiǔ , piāo yáo zaì zhòng shù zhī shàng ne .

14 Zhòng shù duì jīngjí shuō , qǐng nǐ lái zuò wǒmen de wáng .

15 Jīngjí huídá shuō , nǐmen ruò chéng chéngshí shí dì gāo wǒ wèi wáng , jiù yào tóu zaì wǒde yīn xià . bù rán , yuàn huǒ cóng jīngjí lǐ chūlai , shāo miè Lìbānèn de xiāng bǎi shù .

16 Xiànzaì nǐmen lì Yàbǐmǐlè wèi wáng , ruò àn chéngshí zhèngzhí shàn dāi yé lù bāLìhé tāde quán jiā , zhè jiù shì chóu tāde laó .