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They left the Israelites with nothing to eat, taking all the sheep, goats, cattle, and donkeys. <a href="/esv/judges/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> They would encamp against them and devour the produce of the land, as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel and no sheep or ox or donkey. <a href="/bsb/judges/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> encamping against them as far as Gaza and destroying the produce of the land. They left Israel with no sustenance, neither sheep nor oxen nor donkeys. <a href="/kjv/judges/6.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/judges/6.htm">New King James Version</a> Then they would encamp against them and destroy the produce of the earth as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep nor ox nor donkey. <a href="/nasb_/judges/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> So they would camp against them and destroy the produce of the earth as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel, nor a sheep, ox, or donkey. <a href="/nasb/judges/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> So they would camp against them and destroy the produce of the earth as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel as well as no sheep, ox, or donkey. <a href="/nasb77/judges/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> So they would camp against them and destroy the produce of the earth as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel as well as no sheep, ox, or donkey. <a href="/lsb/judges/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So they would camp against them and ruin the produce of the earth as far as Gaza and leave no sustenance in Israel as well as no sheep, ox, or donkey. <a href="/amp/judges/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> So they would camp against them and destroy the crops of the land as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel as well as no sheep, ox, or donkey. <a href="/csb/judges/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They encamped against them and destroyed the produce of the land, even as far as Gaza. They left nothing for Israel to eat, as well as no sheep, ox, or donkey. <a href="/hcsb/judges/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> They encamped against them and destroyed the produce of the land, even as far as Gaza. They left nothing for Israel to eat, as well as no sheep, ox or donkey. <a href="/asv/judges/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. <a href="/erv/judges/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. <a href="/gwt/judges/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The enemy used to camp on the land and destroy the crops all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for Israel to live on-not one sheep, cow, or donkey. <a href="/gnt/judges/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> They would camp on the land and destroy the crops as far south as the area around Gaza. They would take all the sheep, cattle, and donkeys, and leave nothing for the Israelites to live on. <a href="/isv/judges/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> They set up their military encampments to fight them, destroyed the harvest of the land as far as Gaza, and left nothing in Israel, whether harvested grain, sheep, oxen, or donkeys. <a href="/msb/judges/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> encamping against them as far as Gaza and destroying the produce of the land. They left Israel with no sustenance, neither sheep nor oxen nor donkeys. <a href="/net/judges/6.htm">NET Bible</a> They invaded the land and devoured its crops all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat, and they took away the sheep, oxen, and donkeys. <a href="/nheb/judges/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> And they camped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, as far as Gaza, and they left no sustenance in Israel, as well as sheep, or ox, or donkey. <a href="/wbt/judges/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou comest to Gaza; and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. <a href="/web/judges/6.htm">World English Bible</a> They encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, until you come to Gaza. They left no sustenance in Israel, and no sheep, ox, or donkey. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/judges/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and encamp against them, and destroy the increase of the land until your entering Gaza; and they leave no sustenance in Israel, either sheep, or ox, or donkey; <a href="/ylt/judges/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and encamp against them, and destroy the increase of the land till thine entering Gaza; and they leave no sustenance in Israel, either sheep, or ox, or ass; <a href="/slt/judges/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And they will encamp against them, and they will destroy the produce of the land even to thy coming to Gaza; and they will not leave means of life in Israel, and sheep and ox and ass.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/judges/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And pitching their tents among them, wasted all things as they were in the blade even to the entrance of Gaza: and they left nothing at all in Israel for sustenance of life, nor sheep, nor oxen, nor asses. <a href="/cpdv/judges/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> and pitching their tents among them, they laid waste to all that was planted, as far as the entrance to Gaza. And they left behind nothing at all to sustain life in Israel, neither sheep, nor oxen, nor donkeys. <a href="/nabre/judges/6.htm">New American Bible</a> encamp against them, and lay waste the produce of the land as far as the outskirts of Gaza, leaving no sustenance in Israel, and no sheep, ox, or donkey. <a href="/nrsvce/judges/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> They would encamp against them and destroy the produce of the land, as far as the neighborhood of Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel, and no sheep or ox or donkey.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/judges/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And they destroyed the produce of the whole land as far as the entrance of Gaza, and left no food for Israel to raise either oxen or sheep or asses. <a href="/hpbt/judges/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And they were camping against them, and they were destroying all the land unto the entrance of Aza, and they were not leaving oxen and lambs and male donkeys alive for Israel<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/judges/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> and they encamped against them, and destroyed the produce of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. <a href="/sep/judges/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And they encamped against them, and destroyed their fruits until they came to Gaza; and they left not the support of life in the land of Israel, not even ox or ass among the herds. <a href="/parallel/judges/6-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=1502" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/judges/6.htm">Midian Oppresses Israel</a> …3Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them, 4<a href="/hebrew/2583.htm" title="2583: way·ya·ḥă·nū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to incline; by implication, to decline; specifically, to pitch a tent; gen. To encamp.">encamping</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against them</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">as far as</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bō·w·’ă·ḵā (V-Qal-Inf:: 2ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5804.htm" title="5804: ‘az·zāh (N-proper-fs) -- A Philistine city. Feminine of az; strong; Azzah, a place in Palestine.">Gaza</a> <a href="/hebrew/7843.htm" title="7843: way·yaš·ḥî·ṯū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- Perhaps to go to ruin. A primitive root; to decay, i.e. ruin.">and destroying</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2981.htm" title="2981: yə·ḇūl (N-msc) -- Produce (of the soil). From yabal; produce, i.e. A crop or wealth.">the produce</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the land.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7604.htm" title="7604: yaš·’î·rū (V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp) -- To remain, be left over. A primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. Be redundant.">They left</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: bə·yiś·rā·’êl (Prep-b:: 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/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">with no</a> <a href="/hebrew/4241.htm" title="4241: miḥ·yāh (N-fs) -- Preservation of life, sustenance. From chayah; preservation of life; hence, sustenance; also the live flesh, i.e. The quick.">sustenance,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7716.htm" title="7716: wə·śeh (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Or sey; probably from sha'ah through the idea of pushing out to graze; a member of a flock, i.e. A sheep or goat.">neither sheep</a> <a href="/hebrew/7794.htm" title="7794: wā·šō·wr (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- A head of cattle (bullock, ox, etc.). From shuwr; a bullock.">nor oxen</a> <a href="/hebrew/2543.htm" title="2543: wa·ḥă·mō·wr (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- A male ass. Or chamor; from chamar; a male ass.">nor donkeys.</a> 5For 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-33.htm">Deuteronomy 28:33</a> A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed. <a href="/leviticus/26-16.htm">Leviticus 26:16</a> then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it. <a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Joel 1:4</a> 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. <a href="/jeremiah/5-17.htm">Jeremiah 5:17</a> They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.” <a href="/isaiah/62-8.htm">Isaiah 62:8-9</a> The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled. / For those who harvest grain will eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather grapes will drink the wine in My holy courts.” <a href="/micah/6-15.htm">Micah 6:15</a> You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine. <a href="/haggai/1-6.htm">Haggai 1:6</a> You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.” <a href="/deuteronomy/28-51.htm">Deuteronomy 28:51</a> They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish. <a href="/isaiah/1-7.htm">Isaiah 1:7</a> Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers. <a href="/hosea/2-9.htm">Hosea 2:9</a> Therefore I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were given to cover her nakedness. <a href="/malachi/3-11.htm">Malachi 3:11</a> I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-20</a> Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. / But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. <a href="/john/10-10.htm">John 10:10</a> The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness. <a href="/james/5-2.htm">James 5:2-3</a> Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. <a href="/luke/12-33.htm">Luke 12:33</a> Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till you come to Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.destroyed<a href="/leviticus/26-16.htm">Leviticus 26:16</a> I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.<a href="/deuteronomy/28-30.htm">Deuteronomy 28:30,33,51</a> Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof… <a href="/micah/6-15.htm">Micah 6:15</a> Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.till thou come.<a href="/genesis/10-19.htm">Genesis 10:19</a> And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.<a href="/genesis/13-10.htm">Genesis 13:10</a> And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.left no<a href="/proverbs/28-3.htm">Proverbs 28:3</a> A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.<a href="/jeremiah/49-9.htm">Jeremiah 49:9,10</a> If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough… <a href="/obadiah/1-5.htm">Obadiah 1:5</a> If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?sheep or goat <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/5-4.htm">Army</a> <a href="/judges/1-14.htm">Ass</a> <a href="/judges/5-10.htm">Asses</a> <a href="/judges/4-16.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/joshua/10-34.htm">Camped</a> <a href="/joshua/22-8.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/judges/6-3.htm">Crops</a> <a href="/joshua/24-8.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/judges/5-27.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/judges/1-14.htm">Donkey</a> <a href="/judges/5-10.htm">Donkeys</a> <a href="/judges/5-4.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-51.htm">Either</a> <a href="/joshua/11-5.htm">Encamp</a> <a href="/joshua/11-5.htm">Encamped</a> <a href="/judges/3-3.htm">Entering</a> <a href="/joshua/5-12.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/judges/6-3.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/joshua/8-17.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/acts/28-7.htm">Neighborhood</a> <a href="/judges/3-31.htm">Ox</a> <a href="/joshua/7-24.htm">Oxen</a> <a href="/joshua/11-5.htm">Position</a> <a href="/joshua/5-12.htm">Produce</a> <a href="/numbers/21-30.htm">Ruined</a> <a href="/judges/5-16.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/joshua/22-22.htm">Spare</a> <a href="/genesis/45-23.htm">Sustenance</a> <a href="/judges/5-10.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/7-9.htm">Army</a> <a href="/judges/10-4.htm">Ass</a> <a href="/judges/10-4.htm">Asses</a> <a href="/judges/7-1.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/judges/6-33.htm">Camped</a> <a href="/judges/6-5.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/job/31-8.htm">Crops</a> <a href="/judges/6-5.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/judges/9-45.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/judges/10-4.htm">Donkey</a> <a href="/judges/10-4.htm">Donkeys</a> <a href="/judges/6-37.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/judges/9-2.htm">Either</a> <a href="/judges/7-1.htm">Encamp</a> <a href="/judges/6-33.htm">Encamped</a> <a href="/judges/9-35.htm">Entering</a> <a href="/judges/9-11.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/judges/6-6.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/9-9.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/judges/11-33.htm">Neighborhood</a> <a href="/judges/6-28.htm">Ox</a> <a href="/judges/6-5.htm">Oxen</a> <a href="/judges/9-44.htm">Position</a> <a href="/2_samuel/9-10.htm">Produce</a> <a href="/job/15-28.htm">Ruined</a> <a href="/judges/6-37.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-3.htm">Spare</a> <a href="/judges/17-10.htm">Sustenance</a> <a href="/judges/8-8.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 6</div>1. <a href="/judges/6-1.htm">The Israelites for their sin are oppressed by Midian</a> 8. <a href="/judges/6-8.htm">A prophet rebukes them</a> 11. <a href="/judges/6-11.htm">An angel sends Gideon for their deliverance</a> 17. <a href="/judges/6-17.htm">Gideon's present is consumed with fire</a> 24. <a href="/judges/6-24.htm">Gideon destroys Baal's altar; offers a sacrifice upon the altar Jehovah-shalom</a> 28. <a href="/judges/6-28.htm">Joash defends his son, and calls him Jerubbaal</a> 33. <a href="/judges/6-33.htm">Gideon's army</a> 36. <a href="/judges/6-36.htm">Gideon's signs</a> </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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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> </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>encamping against them as far as Gaza The Midianites, along with the Amalekites and other eastern peoples, would invade Israel, setting up camps to oppress the Israelites. This phrase indicates the extent of their encampment, reaching as far as Gaza, a significant city in the Philistine territory. This shows the widespread nature of the oppression, affecting a large portion of the land. Historically, Gaza was a major city on the southwestern edge of Canaan, indicating the invaders' reach and the strategic importance of their encampment. The mention of Gaza highlights the severity of the threat, as it was a key location for trade and military movements.and destroying the produce of the land The invaders' strategy involved not just military oppression but economic devastation. By destroying the crops, they aimed to weaken Israel by cutting off their food supply, leading to famine and desperation. This tactic was common in ancient warfare, as it would force the subjugated people into submission. The destruction of produce also has spiritual implications, as the land was a gift from God to the Israelites, and its devastation symbolized a breach in the covenant relationship due to Israel's disobedience.They left Israel with no sustenance The complete lack of sustenance underscores the severity of the Midianite oppression. This phrase highlights the dire situation faced by the Israelites, who were left without the basic necessities for survival. It reflects the consequences of Israel's disobedience to God, as they were left vulnerable to their enemies. This situation sets the stage for God to raise up a deliverer, Gideon, to rescue His people, demonstrating His mercy and faithfulness despite their unfaithfulness.neither sheep nor oxen nor donkeys The mention of sheep, oxen, and donkeys indicates the comprehensive nature of the devastation. These animals were essential for agriculture, transportation, and daily life in ancient Israel. Sheep provided wool and meat, oxen were crucial for plowing fields, and donkeys were used for carrying loads. The loss of these animals would have crippled the Israelites' ability to recover economically and sustain themselves. This phrase emphasizes the totality of the Midianite oppression and the desperate need for divine intervention. The absence of these animals also symbolizes the stripping away of Israel's blessings due to their disobedience, pointing to the need for repentance and reliance on God for restoration.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/midianites.htm">Midianites</a> A nomadic people who oppressed Israel during the time of the Judges. They are known for their raids and destruction of Israel's crops and livestock. 2. <a href="/topical/a/amalekites.htm">Amalekites</a> Allies of the Midianites, often mentioned in conjunction with them as oppressors of Israel. 3. <a href="/topical/p/people_of_the_east.htm">People of the East</a> A general term that includes various nomadic tribes who joined the Midianites and Amalekites in their raids against Israel. 4. <a href="/topical/g/gaza.htm">Gaza</a> A city in the southwestern part of Israel, marking the extent of the Midianite raids. 5. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The people of God who were suffering under the oppression of the Midianites due to their disobedience to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a> The oppression by the Midianites is a direct result of Israel's disobedience to God. This serves as a reminder of the importance of faithfulness to God's commands. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_trials.htm">God's Sovereignty in Trials</a> Even in oppression, God is sovereign and uses these circumstances to draw His people back to Himself. Trials can be a means of spiritual growth and repentance. <a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a> The Israelites were left with nothing, highlighting their need to depend on God for provision and deliverance. This teaches us to rely on God in times of scarcity. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_intercession.htm">Community and Intercession</a> The collective suffering of Israel calls for communal repentance and intercession. It emphasizes the power of united prayer and seeking God as a community.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 6</a> <a href="/q/who_are_the_bible's_non-israelites.htm">Who are the non-Israelites mentioned in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/when_do_angels_manifest_to_humans.htm">When do angels manifest to humans?</a> <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> <a href="/q/why_are_golden_tumors_rats_valid_offerings.htm">In 1 Samuel 6:4, why are golden tumors and rats treated as valid offerings for atonement?</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>(4) They encamped against them.--It is not implied that there were any battles. The Israelites were too wretched and helpless to offer any resistance. These Arabs would swarm over the Jordan, at the fords of Bethshean, about harvest-time, and would sweep away the produce of the rich plain of Jezreel and the whole Shephelah, even as far south as Gaza. (Comp. the Scythian invasion, alluded to in <a href="/context/zephaniah/2-5.htm" title="Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy you, that there shall be no inhabitant.">Zephaniah 2:5-6</a>.)Destroyed the increase of the earth.--"Ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it" (<a href="/leviticus/26-16.htm" title="I also will do this to you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.">Leviticus 26:16</a>). (Comp. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-30.htm" title="You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build an house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not gather the grapes thereof.">Deuteronomy 28:30</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/28-51.htm" title="And he shall eat the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your land, until you be destroyed: which also shall not leave you either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of your cows, or flocks of your sheep, until he have destroyed you.">Deuteronomy 28:51</a>; <a href="/micah/6-15.htm" title="You shall sow, but you shall not reap; you shall tread the olives, but you shall not anoint you with oil; and sweet wine, but shall not drink wine.">Micah 6:15</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 4. - Left no sustenance, etc., i.e. neither grass, nor corn, nor fruit. It is added, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. These all either died for want of food or were seized by the Midianites. The next verse explains that the enormous multitudes of their cattle and camels consumed the whole produce of the ground. <a href="/commentaries/judges/6-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>encamping וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ (way·ya·ḥă·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2583.htm">Strong's 2583: </a> To incline, to decline, to pitch a, tent, gen, to encamp against them עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם (‘ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against as far as עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while Gaza עַזָּ֑ה (‘az·zāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5804.htm">Strong's 5804: </a> A Philistine city and destroying וַיַּשְׁחִ֙יתוּ֙ (way·yaš·ḥî·ṯū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7843.htm">Strong's 7843: </a> Perhaps to go to ruin the produce יְב֣וּל (yə·ḇūl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2981.htm">Strong's 2981: </a> Produce, a crop, wealth of the land. הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land They left יַשְׁאִ֤ירוּ (yaš·’î·rū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7604.htm">Strong's 7604: </a> To swell up, be, redundant Israel בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (bə·yiś·rā·’êl) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc with no וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no sustenance, מִֽחְיָה֙ (miḥ·yāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4241.htm">Strong's 4241: </a> Preservation of life, sustenance, the live flesh, the quick neither sheep וְשֶׂ֥ה (wə·śeh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7716.htm">Strong's 7716: </a> A member of a, flock, a sheep, goat nor oxen וָשׁ֖וֹר (wā·šō·wr) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7794.htm">Strong's 7794: </a> A head of cattle (bullock, ox, etcetera) nor donkeys. וַחֲמֽוֹר׃ (wa·ḥă·mō·wr) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2543.htm">Strong's 2543: </a> A male ass <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/6-4.htm">Judges 6:4 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/judges/6-4.htm">Judges 6:4 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/judges/6-4.htm">Judges 6:4 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/judges/6-4.htm">Judges 6:4 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/judges/6-4.htm">Judges 6:4 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/6-4.htm">Judges 6:4 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/6-4.htm">Judges 6:4 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/6-4.htm">Judges 6:4 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/judges/6-4.htm">Judges 6:4 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/judges/6-4.htm">Judges 6:4 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/judges/6-4.htm">OT History: Judges 6:4 And they encamped against them and destroyed (Jd Judg. 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