When they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said to them, Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.
"Rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you"  (Judges 9:19).  Moore noted the irony in this passage, paraphrasing it, "Much happiness may you have in this bramble-king of yours."[14]  It is as though he had said, "You treacherous criminals certainly deserve one another"!