Judges 6:6

Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to the LORD.

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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 came up with their livestock and their tents. They came in as locusts for multitude. Both they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land to destroy it.

7When the children of Israel cried to the LORD because of Midian,

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Cross References

Judges 3:15But when the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a savior for them: Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. The children of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.

Judges 10:10The children of Israel cried to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against you, even because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baals.”

Psalms 78:34When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.

Isaiah 26:16LORD, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.

Hosea 5:15I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.”

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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