Psalms 83:11

11 Cut down their leaders as you did Oreb and Zeeb, their princes to nothings like Zebah and Zalmunna,

Psalms 83:11 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 83:11

Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb
Two princes of Midian, who were slain, the one at the rock Oreb, and the other at the winepress of Zeeb, so called after their names, ( Judges 7:25 ) ,

yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna;
kings of Midian, slain by Gideon, ( Judges 8:21 ) .

Psalms 83:11 In-Context

9 Do to them what you did to Midian, to Sisera and Jabin at Kishon Brook;
10 They came to a bad end at Endor, nothing but dung for the garden.
11 Cut down their leaders as you did Oreb and Zeeb, their princes to nothings like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 With their empty brags, "We're grabbing it all, grabbing God's gardens for ourselves."
13 My God! I've had it with them! Blow them away! Tumbleweeds in the desert waste,
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