Juízes 9:36

36 Quando Gaal os viu, disse a Zebul: “Veja, vem gente descendo do alto das colinas!”Zebul, porém, respondeu: “Você está confundindo as sombras dos montes com homens”.

Juízes 9:36 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 9:36

And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul
Who was up as early, and came to the gate of the city, to see how things went, and whether there was any appearance of Abimelech and his forces, and whether any opportunity offered to let him into the city; and it seems as if he came and stood by Gaul, and appeared friendly with him:

behold, there come people down from the tops of the mountains;
the mountains of Ebal and Gerizim, which were near to Shechem:

and Zebul said unto him, thou seest the shadow of the mountains, as
[if they were] men;
either deriding him, as being just out of his bed, and his eyes scarce open, that he could not discern shadows from men; or rather as being of such a timorous spirit, that he was afraid of shadows; or else he said this, putting on an air of seriousness, as if he really believed this to be the case, on purpose to deceive him, and keep him from talking about them, while Abimelech and his men made further advances before Gaul could make any preparation to meet them.

Juízes 9:36 In-Context

34 E assim Abimeleque e todas as suas tropas partiram de noite e prepararam emboscadas perto de Siquém, em quatro companhias.

35 Ora, Gaal, filho de Ebede, tinha saído e estava à porta da cidade quando Abimeleque e seus homens saíram da sua emboscada.

36 Quando Gaal os viu, disse a Zebul: “Veja, vem gente descendo do alto das colinas!”Zebul, porém, respondeu: “Você está confundindo as sombras dos montes com homens”.

37 Mas Gaal tornou a falar: “Veja, vem gente descendo da parte central do território, e uma companhia está vindo pelo caminho do carvalho dos Adivinhadores”.

38 Disse-lhe Zebul: “Onde está toda aquela sua conversa? Você dizia: ‘Quem é Abimeleque, para que o sirvamos?’ Não são estes os homens que você ridicularizou? Saia e lute contra eles!”