Judges 6:7

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

Judges 6:7 in Other Translations

7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites,

7 When the people of Israel cried out to the LORD on account of the Midianites,

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

7 One time when the People of Israel had cried out to God because of Midian,

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

Judges 6:7 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 6:7

And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the
Lord, because of the Midianites.
] Because of their oppressions and ill usage of them, and not because of their sins, which had brought those evils on them, of which, at present, they seemed not to be sensible; and yet such was the goodness and compassion of God to them, that having a mind to deliver them, he immediately, on their crying to him, sends them a messenger to bring them to a sense of their sins, and prepare them for the deliverance he designed to work for them, as follows.

Judges 6:7 In-Context

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.

9 I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians. And I delivered you from the hand of all your oppressors; I drove them out before you and gave you their land.

Cross References

• 1. S Judges 3:9