Judges 6:6

6 Midian so impoverished the Israelites that they cried out to the LORD for help.

Judges 6:6 in Other Translations

6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.

6 And Israel was brought very low because of Midian. And the people of Israel cried out for help to the LORD.

6 So Israel was reduced to starvation by the Midianites. Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD for help.

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

6 So Israel became poverty-stricken because of Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the Lord.

Judges 6:6 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 6:6

And Israel was greatly impoverished, because of the Midianites,
&c.] Were reduced very low, brought into famishing circumstances through the Midianites thus destroying the fruits of the earth year after year:

and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord;
which they should have done at first, instead of going into dens and caves; however, better late than not at all; they cried, not to the idols they had served, being sensible they could not help them, though so as to worship them; but to Jehovah the God of the whole earth, and who was in a special sense their God, though they had forsaken him.

Judges 6:6 In-Context

4 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.

5 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.

6 Midian so impoverished the Israelites that they cried out to the LORD for help.

7 When the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian,

8 he sent them a prophet, who said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

Cross References

• 1. S Judges 3:9