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Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD for help.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/judges/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And Israel was brought very low because of Midian. And the people of Israel cried out for help to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/judges/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/judges/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/judges/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites, and the children of Israel cried out to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/judges/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried out to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/judges/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/judges/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried out to Yahweh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/judges/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD [for help].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/judges/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Israel became poverty-stricken because of Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Israel became poverty-stricken because of Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/judges/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/judges/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/judges/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So the Israelites became very poor because of Midian and cried out to the LORD for help.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/judges/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and Israel was helpless against them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/judges/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Because Israel was deeply impoverished due to the Midianites, they cried out to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/judges/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/judges/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Israel was so severely weakened by Midian that the Israelites cried out to the LORD for help. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/judges/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/judges/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/judges/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to Yahweh. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/judges/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Israel is very weak from the presence of Midian, and the sons of Israel cry to YHWH.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/judges/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Israel is very weak from the presence of Midian, and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/judges/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Israel will be enfeebled from the face of Midian; and the sons of Israel will cry to Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/judges/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Israel was humbled exceedingly in the sight of Madian. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/judges/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And Israel was humbled greatly in the sight of Midian.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Israel was reduced to utter poverty by Midian, and so the Israelites cried out to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus Israel was greatly impoverished because of Midian; and the Israelites cried out to the LORD for help.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/judges/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Israel trembled exceedingly from before the Midianites;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/judges/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Israel was greatly shaken before the Midianites<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/judges/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/judges/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Israel was greatly impoverished because of Madiam.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/judges/6-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=1526" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/judges/6.htm">Midian Oppresses Israel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>For the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/3966.htm" title="3966: mə·’ōḏ (Adv) -- Muchness, force, abundance. From the same as 'uwd; properly, vehemence, i.e. vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc.">was greatly</a> <a href="/hebrew/1809.htm" title="1809: way·yid·dal (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To hang, be low, languish. A primitive root; to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be oppressed.">impoverished</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pə·nê (Prep-m:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">by</a> <a href="/hebrew/4080.htm" title="4080: miḏ·yān (N-proper-ms) -- The same as midyan; Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and his descendants.">Midian,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">and the Israelites</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2199.htm" title="2199: way·yiz·‘ă·qū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To cry, cry out, call. A primitive root; to shriek; by analogy, to announce or convene publicly.">cried out</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>Now when the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Exodus 3:7-9</a></span><br />The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings. / I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. / And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-47.htm">Deuteronomy 28:47-48</a></span><br />Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance, / you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-42.htm">Psalm 106:42-44</a></span><br />Their enemies oppressed them and subdued them under their hand. / Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity. / Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/13-4.htm">2 Kings 13:4</a></span><br />Then Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him because He saw the oppression that the king of Aram had inflicted on Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-27.htm">Nehemiah 9:27</a></span><br />So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-9.htm">Isaiah 63:9</a></span><br />In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/30-7.htm">Jeremiah 30:7</a></span><br />How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-3.htm">Lamentations 1:3</a></span><br />Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/5-15.htm">Hosea 5:15</a></span><br />Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Joel 1:4</a></span><br />What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-3.htm">Matthew 5:3</a></span><br />“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/18-7.htm">Luke 18:7-8</a></span><br />Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them? / I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-35.htm">Romans 8:35-37</a></span><br />Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? / As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” / No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-8.htm">2 Corinthians 1:8-10</a></span><br />We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. / Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. / He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-9.htm">2 Corinthians 12:9-10</a></span><br />But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. / That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried to the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">impoverished</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/106-43.htm">Psalm 106:43</a></b></br> Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked <i>him</i> with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/5-17.htm">Jeremiah 5:17</a></b></br> And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, <i>which</i> thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/malachi/1-4.htm">Malachi 1:4</a></b></br> Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.</p><p class="hdg">cried</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/3-9.htm">Judges 3:9,15</a></b></br> And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, <i>even</i> Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/50-15.htm">Psalm 50:15</a></b></br> And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/78-34.htm">Psalm 78:34</a></b></br> When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/6-3.htm">Children</a> <a href="/judges/5-28.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/judges/5-28.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/judges/5-23.htm">Help</a> <a href="/genesis/45-11.htm">Impoverished</a> <a href="/judges/6-4.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/6-3.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/numbers/22-31.htm">Low</a> <a href="/judges/6-3.htm">Midian</a> <a href="/judges/6-2.htm">Mid'ian</a> <a href="/judges/6-3.htm">Midianites</a> <a href="/judges/4-19.htm">Need</a> <a href="/judges/6-2.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/34-7.htm">Weak</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/6-7.htm">Children</a> <a href="/judges/6-7.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/judges/6-7.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/judges/10-12.htm">Help</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-20.htm">Impoverished</a> <a href="/judges/6-7.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/6-7.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/judges/11-35.htm">Low</a> <a href="/judges/6-7.htm">Midian</a> <a href="/judges/6-14.htm">Mid'ian</a> <a href="/judges/6-7.htm">Midianites</a> <a href="/judges/8-4.htm">Need</a> <a href="/judges/6-9.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/judges/6-15.htm">Weak</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/6-1.htm">The Israelites for their sin are oppressed by Midian</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/6-8.htm">A prophet rebukes them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/6-11.htm">An angel sends Gideon for their deliverance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/6-17.htm">Gideon's present is consumed with fire</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/6-24.htm">Gideon destroys Baal's altar; offers a sacrifice upon the altar Jehovah-shalom</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/6-28.htm">Joash defends his son, and calls him Jerubbaal</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/6-33.htm">Gideon's army</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/6-36.htm">Gideon's signs</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/judges/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian</b><br>The Midianites were a nomadic people who descended from Abraham through Keturah (<a href="/genesis/25.htm">Genesis 25:1-2</a>). Their oppression of Israel during this period was severe, as they would invade the land during harvest time, taking crops and livestock (<a href="/judges/6-3.htm">Judges 6:3-5</a>). This left Israel in a state of economic destitution, highlighting the consequences of their disobedience to God. The cyclical pattern of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance is evident throughout the Book of Judges. The impoverishment serves as a physical manifestation of Israel's spiritual poverty due to their idolatry and abandonment of God's commandments.<p><b>and the Israelites cried out to the LORD</b><br>This cry to the LORD signifies a turning point, as the Israelites recognize their need for divine intervention. Throughout the Old Testament, crying out to God in times of distress is a recurring theme (<a href="/exodus/2-23.htm">Exodus 2:23</a>, <a href="/psalms/107-6.htm">Psalm 107:6</a>). It reflects a moment of repentance and acknowledgment of God's sovereignty. The Israelites' cry is not just a plea for relief from physical oppression but also an implicit confession of their spiritual failings. This act of crying out is a precursor to God's deliverance, which He provides through raising up judges, in this case, Gideon. It foreshadows the ultimate deliverance through Jesus Christ, who responds to the cries of humanity for salvation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who are suffering due to their disobedience and idolatry. They are experiencing severe oppression and poverty at the hands of the Midianites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/midianites.htm">Midianites</a></b><br>A nomadic people who oppressed the Israelites. They would invade Israel, destroy crops, and take livestock, leaving the Israelites impoverished.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who hears the cries of His people. Despite their disobedience, He remains faithful and responsive to their pleas for help.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/crying_out.htm">Crying Out</a></b><br>This event marks a turning point where the Israelites, in their desperation, call upon the LORD for deliverance from their dire circumstances.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>The Israelites' suffering was a direct result of their disobedience and idolatry. This serves as a reminder of the spiritual and physical consequences of turning away from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_in_our_distress.htm">God's Faithfulness in Our Distress</a></b><br>Despite their unfaithfulness, God remains faithful. When we cry out to Him in our distress, He hears us and is willing to deliver us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_repentance_and_prayer.htm">The Power of Repentance and Prayer</a></b><br>The Israelites' cry to the LORD signifies a moment of repentance and recognition of their need for God. Our prayers and cries for help are powerful when they come from a place of genuine repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god_for_deliverance.htm">Dependence on God for Deliverance</a></b><br>True deliverance and restoration come from God alone. We must depend on Him rather than our own strength or resources.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_biblical_data_confirm_gideon's_status.htm">Judges 6:14-15: If Gideon was the least in his family, do other biblical records or genealogical data contradict or confirm his lowly status?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_god's_deeds_with_israel's_woes.htm">Isaiah 12:5: How do we reconcile the emphasis on 'excellent things' done by God with the historical records of suffering and defeat experienced by the Israelites?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_82_1_fit_with_deut._6_4.htm">How can a 'divine council' (Psalm 82:1) fit with passages claiming there is only one God (Deuteronomy 6:4)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_meaning_of_samson_and_delilah.htm">What is the meaning of Samson and Delilah's story?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">Impoverished.</span>--The LXX. render it, "was reduced to pauperism." The word implies flaccidity and helplessness, "as of a door hanging loose on its hinges, or a sere leaf shaking on a tree."<p><span class= "bld">Cried unto the Lord.</span>--See <a href="/judges/3-9.htm" title="And when the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.">Judges 3:9</a>; <a href="/judges/3-15.htm" title="But when the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man left handed: and by him the children of Israel sent a present to Eglon the king of Moab.">Judges 3:15</a>; <a href="/judges/4-3.htm" title="And the children of Israel cried to the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.">Judges 4:3</a>; <a href="/psalms/107-13.htm" title="Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.">Psalm 107:13</a>; <a href="/hosea/5-15.htm" title="I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.">Hosea 5:15</a>. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/judges/6-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was greatly</span><br /><span class="heb">מְאֹ֖ד</span> <span class="translit">(mə·’ōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3966.htm">Strong's 3966: </a> </span><span class="str2">Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily</span><br /><br /><span class="word">impoverished</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּדַּ֧ל</span> <span class="translit">(way·yid·dal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1809.htm">Strong's 1809: </a> </span><span class="str2">To slacken, be feeble, to be oppressed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by</span><br /><span class="heb">מִפְּנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(mip·pə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Midian,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִדְיָ֑ן</span> <span class="translit">(miḏ·yān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4080.htm">Strong's 4080: </a> </span><span class="str2">Midian -- a son of Abraham and Keturah, also his descendants and the region where they settled </span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the Israelites</span><br /><span class="heb">בְנֵֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·nê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cried out</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּזְעֲק֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiz·‘ă·qū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2199.htm">Strong's 2199: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shriek, to announce, convene publicly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/6-6.htm">Judges 6:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/6-6.htm">Judges 6:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/6-6.htm">Judges 6:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/6-6.htm">Judges 6:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/6-6.htm">Judges 6:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/6-6.htm">Judges 6:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/6-6.htm">Judges 6:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/6-6.htm">Judges 6:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/6-6.htm">Judges 6:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/judges/6-6.htm">Judges 6:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/judges/6-6.htm">OT History: Judges 6:6 Israel was brought very low because (Jd Judg. 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