Judges 6:1-10 - Midian Oppresses Israel

¹ And the children of Israel committed wickedness in the sight of the LORD. And the LORD delivered them into the hands of the Midianites seven years. ² And when the hand of the Midianites was sore upon Israel, the children of Israel made them dens in the mountains and caves and strongholds. ³ For when Israel had sown then came the Midianites, the Amalekites, and they of the east country upon them and pitched their tents against them, ⁴ and destroyed the increase of the earth even unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel; neither sheep, ox or ass, ⁵ for they came with their cattle and households even as grasshoppers in multitude: so that both they and also their camels were without number. And they entered the land to destroy it. ⁶ And so was Israel exceedingly impoverished by the Midianites and cried unto the LORD.

⁷ And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites, ⁸ the LORD sent a prophet unto them, and said unto them, "Thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel: I fetched you from Egypt and brought you out of the house of bondage ⁹ and I rid you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hands of all that oppressed you, and cast them out before you, and gave you their lands. ¹⁰ And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God, and therefore fear not the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But you have not obeyed my voice."