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enemies perish, O L
ORD
: but
let
them that love him
be
as the sun when he goeth forth in his might.
And the land had rest forty years.
CHAPTER 6
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the L
ORD
: and the L
ORD
delivered them into the
hand of Midian seven years.
2
And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel:
and
because of the
Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which
are
in the mountains, and caves, and
strong holds.
3
And
so
it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites,
and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
4
And they encamped against them,
and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel,
neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
5
For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came
as grasshoppers for multitude;
for
both they and their camels were without number: and they entered
into the land to destroy it.
6
And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and
the children of Israel cried unto the L
ORD
.
7
And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the L
ORD
because of the Midianites,
8
That the L
ORD
sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the L
ORD
God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
9
And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed
you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land;
10
And I said unto you, I
am
the
L
ORD
your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed
my voice.
11
And there came an angel of the L
ORD
, and sat under an oak which
was
in Ophrah, that
pertained
unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide
it
from the
Midianites.
12
And the angel of the L
ORD
appeared unto him, and said unto him, The L
ORD
is
with
thee, thou mighty man of valour.
13
And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the L
ORD
be with
us, why then is all this befallen us? and where
be
all his miracles which our fathers told us of,
saying, Did not the L
ORD
bring us up from Egypt? but now the L
ORD
hath forsaken us, and delivered
us into the hands of the Midianites.
14
And the L
ORD
looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy
might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
15
And he
said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh,
and I
am
the least in my father’s house.
16
And the L
ORD
said unto him, Surely I will be with thee,
and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
17
And he said unto him, If now I have found grace
in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
18
Depart not hence, I pray thee, until
I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set
it
before thee. And he said, I will tarry until
thou come again.
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