Juízes 8:7

7 “É assim?”, replicou Gideão. “Quando o SENHOR entregar Zeba e Zalmuna em minhas mãos, rasgarei a carne de vocês com espinhos e espinheiros do deserto”.

Juízes 8:7 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 8:7

And Gideon said
In answer to the princes of Succoth:

therefore when the Lord hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine
hand;
of which he made no doubt, having the promise of God that he would deliver the host of Midian into his hand, on which his faith rested; and having it in great part performed already, most firmly believed the full performance of it, see ( Judges 7:7 Judges 7:9 )

then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and with
briers;
which grew in a wilderness near this city, and from whence as Kimchi thinks, it had its name; the word "Succoth" being used for thorns in ( Job 41:7 ) and the sense is, either that he would scourge them with thorns and briers; or, as the Targum thrust their flesh upon them; which Kimchi interprets of casting their naked bodies upon thorns and briers, and then treading on them with the feet; or draw a cart over them as they thus lay, in like manner as it was usual to do when corn was threshed out; see ( Isaiah 28:27 ) .

Juízes 8:7 In-Context

5 Em Sucote, disse ele aos homens dali: “Peço a vocês um pouco de pão para as minhas tropas; os homens estão cansados, e eu ainda estou perseguindo os reis de Midiã, Zeba e Zalmuna”.

6 Os líderes de Sucote, porém, disseram: “Ainda não estão em seu poder Zeba e Zalmuna? Por que deveríamos dar pão às suas tropas?”

7 “É assim?”, replicou Gideão. “Quando o SENHOR entregar Zeba e Zalmuna em minhas mãos, rasgarei a carne de vocês com espinhos e espinheiros do deserto”.

8 Dali subiu a Peniel e fez o mesmo pedido aos homens de Peniel, mas eles responderam como os de Sucote.

9 Aos homens de Peniel ele disse: “Quando eu voltar triunfante, destruirei esta fortaleza”.