Judges 6:14-16

14 The LORD looked at him and said, "¹Go in this your strength and deliver Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?"

15 ²He said to Him, "O Lord, how shall I deliver Israel? Behold, my family is the least in ³Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father's house."

16 ⁴But the LORD said to him, "Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat Midian as one man."

Judges 6:14-16 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.

Cross References

• 1. Hebrews 11:32-34
• 2. Exodus 3:11
• 3. Judges 6:11
• 4. Exodus 3:12; Joshua 1:5

Footnotes

• [a] Or "turned toward"
• [b] Lit "with what"
• [c] Lit "smite"