This fable and the one mentioned in the margin are the only two of their kind found in Scripture. The parables of the Old Testament are somewhat di…

To the bramble. —Despairing of their best, they avail themselves of the unscrupulous ambition of their worst. The bramble—atad…

Then said all the trees unto the bramble
Perceiving they could not prevail upon any of the useful and fruitful trees…

There was no occasion for the trees to choose a king; they are all the trees of the Lord that He has planted. Nor was there any occasion for Israel…