Judges 6:6

And Israel was humbled greatly in the sight of Midian.

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In The King James Version

And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.

In Context

5For they and all their flocks arrived with their tents, and they filled all places like locusts, an innumerable multitude of men and camels, devastating whatever they touched.

7And he cried out to the Lord, requesting assistance against the Midianites.

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Cross References

Judges 3:15And afterward, they cried out to the Lord, who raised up for them a savior, called Ehud, the son of Gera, the son of Benjamin, who used either hand as well as the right hand. And the sons of Israel sent gifts to Eglon, the king of Moab, by him.

Judges 10:10And crying out to the Lord, they said: “We have sinned against you. For we have forsaken the Lord our God, and we have served the Baals.”

Isaiah 26:16Lord, they have sought you in anguish. Your doctrine was with them, amid the tribulation of murmuring.

Hosea 5:15I will go and return to my place, until you shall grow faint and seek my face.

Matthew Henry on Judges 6:2-7

The Inroads of the Midianites. ( b. c. 1249.) 1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord : and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. 2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. 3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; 4 And they… Read the whole commentary →

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