But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
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Interpretation
There was no occasion for the trees to choose a king, they are all the trees of the Lord which he has planted. Nor was there any occasion for Israel to set a king over them, for the Lord was their King.
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This thought runs through Judges 9:8-12.