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The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. So the Lord handed them over to Midian seven years,
Judges 6:1 In-Context
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The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites.
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Because the power of Midian was so oppressive, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in mountain clefts, caves and strongholds.
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Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peoples invaded the country.
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They camped on the land and ruined the crops all the way to Gaza and did not spare a living thing for Israel, neither sheep nor cattle nor donkeys.
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They came up with their livestock and their tents like swarms of locusts. It was impossible to count them or their camels; they invaded the land to ravage it.