Judges 6:1–6 · BSB
6:1
Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
6:2
and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.
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6:3
Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
6:4
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.
6:5
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.
6:6
Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.
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