Judges 6:13

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Gideon said to him,“Pardon me, but if the LORD is with us, why has such disaster overtaken us? Where are all his miraculous deeds our ancestors told us about? They said,‘Did the LORD not bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.”

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  • Ps 44:1 : 1 For the music director; by the Korahites, a well-written song. O God, we have clearly heard; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in ancient times.
  • 2 Chr 15:2 : 2 He met Asa and told him,“Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you when you are loyal to him. If you seek him, he will respond to you, but if you reject him, he will reject you.
  • Ps 89:49 : 49 Where are your earlier faithful deeds, O Lord, the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David?
  • Isa 41:17 : 17 The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched from thirst. I, the LORD, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.
  • Isa 59:1-2 : 1 Injustice Brings Alienation from God Look, the LORD’s hand is not too weak to deliver you; his ear is not too deaf to hear you. 2 But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God; your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers.
  • Isa 63:15 : 15 Look down from heaven and take notice, from your holy, majestic palace! Where are your zeal and power? Do not hold back your tender compassion!
  • Jer 23:33 : 33 The LORD said to me,“Jeremiah, when one of these people, or a prophet, or a priest asks you,‘What burdensome message do you have from the LORD?’Tell them,‘You are the burden, and I will cast you away. I, the LORD, affirm it!
  • Rom 8:31 : 31 What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
  • Ps 27:9 : 9 Do not reject me! Do not push your servant away in anger! You are my deliverer! Do not forsake or abandon me, O God who vindicates me!
  • Ps 77:7-9 : 7 I asked,“Will the Lord reject me forever? Will he never again show me his favor? 8 Has his loyal love disappeared forever? Has his promise failed forever? 9 Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has his anger stifled his compassion?”(Selah)
  • Ps 78:3-4 : 3 What we have heard and learned– that which our ancestors have told us– 4 we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the LORD’s praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done.
  • Gen 25:22 : 22 But the children struggled inside her, and she said,“Why is this happening to me?” So she asked the LORD,
  • Exod 33:14-16 : 14 And the LORD said,“My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” 15 And Moses said to him,“If your presence does not go with us, do not take us up from here. 16 For how will it be known then that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not by your going with us, so that we will be distinguished, I and your people, from all the people who are on the face of the earth?”
  • Num 14:14-15 : 14 then they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you, LORD, are among this people, that you, LORD, are seen face to face, that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them by day in a pillar of cloud and in a pillar of fire by night. 15 If you kill this entire people at once, then the nations that have heard of your fame will say,
  • Deut 29:24 : 24 Then all the nations will ask,“Why has the LORD done all this to this land? What is this fierce, heated display of anger all about?”
  • Deut 30:17-18 : 17 However, if you turn aside and do not obey, but are lured away to worship and serve other gods, 18 I declare to you this very day that you will certainly perish! You will not extend your time in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
  • Deut 31:17 : 17 At that time my anger will erupt against them and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome them so that they will say at that time,‘Have not these disasters overcome us because our God is not among us?’

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  • Judg 6:14-17
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    14Then the LORD himself turned to him and said,“You have the strength. Deliver Israel from the power of the Midianites! Have I not sent you?”

    15Gideon said to him,“But Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Just look! My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my family.”

    16The LORD said to him,“Ah, but I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army.”

    17Gideon said to him,“If you really are pleased with me, then give me a sign as proof that it is really you speaking with me.

  • Judg 6:11-12
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    11Gideon Meets Some Visitors The LORD’s angel came and sat down under the oak tree in Ophrah owned by Joash the Abiezrite. He arrived while Joash’s son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress so he could hide it from the Midianites.

    12The LORD’s angel appeared and said to him,“The LORD is with you, courageous warrior!”

  • Judg 7:1-4
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    1Gideon Reduces the Ranks Jerub-Baal(that is, Gideon) and his men got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod. The Midianites were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley.

    2The LORD said to Gideon,“You have too many men for me to hand Midian over to you. Israel might brag,‘Our own strength has delivered us.’

    3Now, announce to the men,‘Whoever is shaking with fear may turn around and leave Mount Gilead.’” Twenty-two thousand men went home; ten thousand remained.

    4The LORD spoke to Gideon again,“There are still too many men. Bring them down to the water and I will thin the ranks some more. When I say,‘This one should go with you,’ pick him to go; when I say,‘This one should not go with you,’ do not take him.”

  • Judg 6:36-37
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    36Gideon said to God,“If you really intend to use me to deliver Israel, as you promised, then give me a sign as proof.

    37Look, I am putting a wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece, and the ground around it is dry, then I will be sure that you will use me to deliver Israel, as you promised.”

  • Judg 6:22-23
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    22When Gideon realized that it was the LORD’s angel, he said,“Oh no! Sovereign LORD! I have seen the LORD’s angel face to face!”

    23The LORD said to him,“You are safe! Do not be afraid! You are not going to die!”

  • Judg 7:13-15
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    13When Gideon arrived, he heard a man telling another man about a dream he had. The man said,“Look! I had a dream. I saw a stale cake of barley bread rolling into the Midianite camp. It hit a tent so hard it knocked it over and turned it upside down. The tent just collapsed.”

    14The other man said,“Without a doubt this symbolizes the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God is handing Midian and all the army over to him.”

    15Gideon Routs the Enemy When Gideon heard the report of the dream and its interpretation, he praised God. Then he went back to the Israelite camp and said,“Get up, for the LORD is handing the Midianite army over to you!”

  • Judg 8:22-23
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    22Gideon Rejects a Crown but Makes an Ephod The men of Israel said to Gideon,“Rule over us– you, your son, and your grandson. For you have delivered us from Midian’s power.”

    23Gideon said to them,“I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The LORD will rule over you.”

  • Judg 6:27
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    27So Gideon took ten of his servants and did just as the LORD had told him. He was too afraid of his father’s family and the men of the city to do it in broad daylight, so he waited until nighttime.

  • Judg 6:6-7
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    6Israel was so severely weakened by Midian that the Israelites cried out to the LORD for help.

    7When the Israelites cried out to the LORD for help because of Midian,

  • Judg 8:3-4
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    3It was to you that God handed over the Midianite generals, Oreb and Zeeb! What did I accomplish to rival that?” When he said this, they calmed down.

    4Gideon Tracks Down the Midianite Kings Now Gideon and his three hundred men had crossed over the Jordan River, and even though they were exhausted, they were still chasing the Midianites.

  • Judg 7:7-9
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    7The LORD said to Gideon,“With the three hundred men who lapped I will deliver the whole army and I will hand Midian over to you. The rest of the men should go home.”

    8The men who were chosen took supplies and their trumpets. Gideon sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites were camped down below in the valley.

    9Gideon Reassured of Victory That night the LORD said to Gideon,“Get up! Attack the camp, for I am handing it over to you.

  • Judg 6:29
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    29They said to one another,“Who did this?” They investigated the matter thoroughly and concluded that Gideon son of Joash had done it.

  • Judg 6:39
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    39Gideon said to God,“Please do not get angry at me, when I ask for just one more sign. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time make only the fleece dry, while the ground around it is covered with dew.”

  • Judg 8:1
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    1The Ephraimites said to him,“Why have you done such a thing to us? You did not summon us when you went to fight the Midianites!” They argued vehemently with him.

  • Judg 6:33-34
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    70%

    33Gideon Summons an Army and Seeks Confirmation All the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east assembled. They crossed the Jordan River and camped in the Jezreel Valley.

    34The LORD’s Spirit took control of Gideon. He blew a trumpet, summoning the Abiezrites to follow him.

  • Num 14:3
    70%

    3Why has the LORD brought us into this land only to be killed by the sword, that our wives and our children should become plunder? Wouldn’t it be better for us to return to Egypt?”

  • Judg 8:34
    69%

    34The Israelites did not remain true to the LORD their God, who had delivered them from all the enemies who lived around them.

  • Judg 6:1
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    1Oppression and Confrontation The Israelites did evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD turned them over to Midian for seven years.

  • Judg 9:17
    69%

    17my father fought for you; he risked his life and delivered you from Midian’s power.

  • Josh 7:7
    69%

    7Joshua prayed,“O, Sovereign LORD! Why did you bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us? If only we had been satisfied to live on the other side of the Jordan!

  • Judg 12:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2Jephthah said to them,“My people and I were in a struggle and the Ammonites were oppressing me greatly. I asked for your help, but you did not deliver me from their power.

    3When I saw that you were not going to help, I risked my life and advanced against the Ammonites, and the LORD handed them over to me. Why have you come up to fight with me today?”

  • 1 Kgs 8:57
    69%

    57May the LORD our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May he not abandon us or leave us.

  • Jer 2:6
    69%

    6They did not ask:‘Where is the LORD who delivered us out of Egypt, who brought us through the wilderness, through a land of valleys and gorges, through a land of desert and deep darkness, through a land in which no one travels, and where no one lives?’

  • Judg 8:13
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    13Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle by the pass of Heres.

  • Josh 24:17
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    17For the LORD our God took us and our fathers out of slavery in the land of Egypt and performed these awesome miracles before our very eyes. He continually protected us as we traveled and when we passed through nations.

  • Judg 7:17-18
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    17He said to them,“Watch me and do as I do. Watch closely! I am going to the edge of the camp. Do as I do!

    18When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, you also blow your trumpets all around the camp. Then say,‘For the LORD and for Gideon!’”

  • Judg 7:24
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    24Gideon Appeases the Ephraimites Now Gideon sent messengers throughout the Ephraimite hill country who announced,“Go down and head off the Midianites. Take control of the fords of the streams all the way to Beth Barah and the Jordan River.” When all the Ephraimites had assembled, they took control of the fords all the way to Beth Barah and the Jordan River.

  • 1 Sam 12:9
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    9“But they forgot the LORD their God, so he gave them into the hand of Sisera, the general in command of Hazor’s army, and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

  • Jer 14:9
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    9Why should you be like someone who is helpless, like a champion who cannot save anyone? You are indeed with us, and we belong to you. Do not abandon us!”

  • 1 Sam 4:8
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    8Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all sorts of plagues in the desert!