Giudici 6:1-6

1 Or i figliuoli d’Israele fecero ciò ch’è male agli occhi dell’Eterno, e l’Eterno li diede nelle mani di Madian per sette anni.

2 La mano di Madian fu potente contro Israele; e, per la paura dei Madianiti, i figliuoli d’Israele si fecero quelle caverne che son nei monti, e delle spelonche e dei forti.

3 Quando Israele avea seminato, i Madianiti con gli Amalekiti e coi figliuoli dell’oriente salivano contro di lui,

4 s’accampavano contro gl’Israeliti, distruggevano tutti i prodotti del paese fin verso Gaza, e non lasciavano in Israele né viveri, né pecore, né buoi, né asini.

5 Poiché salivano coi loro greggi e con le loro tende, e arrivavano come una moltitudine di locuste; essi e i loro cammelli erano innumerevoli, e venivano nel paese per devastarlo.

6 Israele dunque fu ridotto in gran miseria a motivo di Madian, e i figliuoli d’Israele gridarono all’Eterno.

Giudici 6:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 6

In this chapter we have an account of the distressed condition Israel was in through the Midianites, Jud 6:1-6, of a prophet being sent unto them to reprieve them for their sins, Jud 6:7-10 of an angel appearing to Gideon, with an order to him to go and save Israel out of the hands of the Midianites, Jud 6:11-16 and of a sign given him by the angel, whereby he knew this order was of God, Jud 6:17-24, and of the reformation from idolatry in his father's family he made upon this, throwing down the altar of Baal, and building one for the Lord, Jud 6:25-32, and of the preparation he made to fight the Midianites and others, Jud 6:33-35, but first desired a sign of the Lord, that Israel would be saved by his hand, which was granted and repeated, Jud 6:36-40.