The Curse of Jotham (Judges 9:7-21).
‘ And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of Mount Gerizim, and he lifted up his voice, and cried and said to them, “Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.” '
Once Jotham heard of the coronation he went to Shechem to utter a curse on Abimelech and on Shechem (Judges 9:57). He climbed on to a spur on Mount Gerizim from where he could be observed in the city, and pronounced his curse.
“Listen to me -- that God may listen to you.” By this he indicated that his words were intended as a warning to them. If they listened and responded perhaps God would then listen to their prayers once again. But if they would not listen then God would listen in another way, He would observe their words and actions (compare Numbers 12:2; Deuteronomy 1:34). Mount Gerizim was previously the mountain from which blessings were to be pronounced. Thus Jotham reversed the process. From it he pronounced a curse. They had forfeited their blessings by their actions. (Deuteronomy 11:29; Deuteronomy 27:12; Joshua 8:33-34)