# General Information:

Jotham continues telling the parable he begins in [Judges 9:7](../09/07.md), where the trees represent the Israelites.

# The trees said to the vine

In this parable, Jotham describes the trees and the vine as doing things that humans do. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parables]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])