Jueces 6:8

8 el SEÑOR les envió un profeta que dijo: «Así dice el Señor, Dios de Israel: “Yo los saqué de Egipto, tierra de esclavitud,

Jueces 6:8 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 6:8

And the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel
"A man, a prophet" ^F6, as in the Hebrew text, not an angel, but a man; and this not Phinehas, as say some Jewish writers ^F7; for it is not probable he should live so long as more than two hundred years; and had he been living, it is very much he should not have been heard of in the times of the preceding judges, and that he was not made use of before now to reprove the people for their sins; but who the prophet was we have no account now nor hereafter, here or elsewhere. Abarbinel supposes he was raised up for a short time:

which said unto them, thus saith the Lord God of Israel;
he came in the name of the Lord, and using the form and manner of speech the prophets of Israel did, putting them in mind of the true God they had forgot, and who yet was their Lord and God:

I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of
bondage;
reminding them of the benefits they received from God, and the obligations they lay under to serve him, who, when they were bond slaves in Egypt, he appeared for them, and brought them out of their miserable condition.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 (aybn vya) "virum prophetam", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
F7 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 20. p. 53.

Jueces 6:8 In-Context

6 Era tal la miseria de los israelitas por causa de los madianitas, que clamaron al SEÑOR pidiendo ayuda.

7 Cuando los israelitas clamaron al SEÑOR a causa de los madianitas,

8 el SEÑOR les envió un profeta que dijo: «Así dice el Señor, Dios de Israel: “Yo los saqué de Egipto, tierra de esclavitud,

9 y los libré de su poder. También los libré del poder de todos sus opresores, a quienes expulsé de la presencia de ustedes para entregarles su tierra”.

10 Les dije: “Yo soy el SEÑOR su Dios; no adoren a los dioses de los amorreos, en cuya tierra viven”. Pero ustedes no me obedecieron».