Judges 6

¹And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord: and he delivered them into the hand of Madian seven years.

²And they were grievously oppressed by them. And they made themselves dens and eaves in the mountains, and strong holds to resist.

³And when Israel had sown, Madian and Amalec, and the rest of the eastern nations came up:

⁴And 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.

⁵For they and all their flocks came with their tents, and like locusts filled all places, an innumerable multitude of men, and of camels, wasting whatsoever they touched.

⁶And Israel was humbled exceedingly in the sight of Madian.

⁷And he cried to the Lord desiring help against the Madianites.

⁸And he sent unto them a prophet, and he spoke: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I made you to come up out of Egypt, and brought you out of the house of bondage,

⁹And delivered you out of the hands of the Egyptians, and of all the enemies that afflicted you: and I cast them out at your coming in, and gave you their land.

¹⁰And I said: I am the Lord your God, fear not the gods of the Amorrhites, in whose land you dwell. And you would not hear my voice.

¹¹And an angel of the Lord came, and sat under an oak, that was in Ephra, and belonged to Joas the father of the family of Ezri. And when Gedeon his son was threshing and cleansing wheat by the winepress, to flee from Madian,