Judges 6:6

And Israel was humbled exceedingly in the sight of Madian.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

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

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Cross References

Judges 3:15And afterwards they cried to the Lord, who raised them up a saviour called Aod, the son of Gera, the son of Jemini, who used the left hand as well as the right. And the children of Israel sent presents to Eglon king of Moab by him.

Judges 10:10And they cried to the Lord, and said: We have sinned against thee, because we have forsaken the Lord our God, and have served Baalim.

Psalms 78:34When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned, and came to him early in the morning.

Isaiah 26:16Lord, they have sought after thee in distress, in the tribulation of murmuring thy instruction was with them.

Hosea 5:15I will go and return to my place: until you are consumed, 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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