Judges 9:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? But the fig tree said - Should I forsake my sweetness - The fruit of the fig tree is the sweetest or most luscious of all fruits. A full-ripe fig, in its own climate, has an indescribable sweetness; so much so that it is almost impossible to eat it, till a considerable time after it is gathered from the trees, and has gone through an artificial preparation. This I have often noticed.