Judges 6:7

7 One time when the People of Israel had cried out to God because of Midian,

Judges 6:7 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 6:7

And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the
Lord, because of the Midianites.
] Because of their oppressions and ill usage of them, and not because of their sins, which had brought those evils on them, of which, at present, they seemed not to be sensible; and yet such was the goodness and compassion of God to them, that having a mind to deliver them, he immediately, on their crying to him, sends them a messenger to bring them to a sense of their sins, and prepare them for the deliverance he designed to work for them, as follows.

Judges 6:7 In-Context

5 Bringing their cattle and tents, they came in and took over, like an invasion of locusts. And their camels - past counting! They marched in and devastated the country.

6 The People of Israel, reduced to grinding poverty by Midian, cried out to God for help.

7 One time when the People of Israel had cried out to God because of Midian,

8 God sent them a prophet with this message: "God, the God of Israel, says, I delivered you from Egypt, I freed you from a life of slavery;

9 I rescued you from Egypt's brutality and then from every oppressor; I pushed them out of your way and gave you their land.