Judges 6:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

They invaded the land and devoured its crops all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat, and they took away the sheep, oxen, and donkeys.

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  • Lev 26:16 : 16 I for my part will do this to you: I will inflict horror on you, consumption and fever, which diminish eyesight and drain away the vitality of life. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.
  • Deut 28:51 : 51 They will devour the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your soil until you are destroyed. They will not leave you with any grain, new wine, olive oil, calves of your herds, or lambs of your flocks until they have destroyed you.
  • Deut 28:33 : 33 As for the produce of your land and all your labor, a people you do not know will consume it, and you will be nothing but oppressed and crushed for the rest of your lives.
  • Mic 6:15 : 15 You will plant crops, but will not harvest them; you will squeeze oil from the olives, but you will have no oil to rub on your bodies; you will squeeze juice from the grapes, but you will have no wine to drink.
  • Prov 28:3 : 3 A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.
  • Jer 49:9-9 : 9 If grape pickers came to pick your grapes, would they not leave a few grapes behind? If robbers came at night, would they not pillage only what they needed? 10 But I will strip everything away from Esau’s descendants. I will uncover their hiding places so they cannot hide. Their children, relatives, and neighbors will all be destroyed. Not one of them will be left!
  • Obad 1:5 : 5 “If thieves came to rob you during the night, they would steal only as much as they wanted! If grape pickers came to harvest your vineyards, they would leave some behind for the poor! But you will be totally destroyed!
  • Deut 28:30-31 : 30 You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it. 31 Your ox will be slaughtered before your very eyes but you will not eat of it. Your donkey will be stolen from you as you watch and will not be returned to you. Your flock of sheep will be given to your enemies and there will be no one to save you.
  • Gen 10:19 : 19 and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon all the way to Gerar as far as Gaza, and all the way to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
  • Gen 13:10 : 10 Lot looked up and saw the whole region of the Jordan. He noticed that all of it was well-watered(before the LORD obliterated Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, all the way to Zoar.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 6:1-3
    3 verses
    86%

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

    2The Midianites overwhelmed Israel. Because of Midian the Israelites made shelters for themselves in the hills, as well as caves and strongholds.

    3Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack them.

  • Judg 6:5-7
    3 verses
    86%

    5When they invaded with their cattle and tents, they were as thick as locusts. Neither they nor their camels could be counted. They came to devour the land.

    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 7:12
    77%

    12Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east covered the valley like a swarm of locusts. Their camels could not be counted; they were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore.

  • 2 Chr 14:15
    76%

    15They also attacked the tents of the herdsmen in charge of the livestock. They carried off many sheep and camels and then returned to Jerusalem.

  • Num 31:9-11
    3 verses
    75%

    9The Israelites took the women of Midian captive along with their little ones, and took all their herds, all their flocks, and all their goods as plunder.

    10They burned all their towns where they lived and all their encampments.

    11They took all the plunder and all the spoils, both people and animals.

  • Josh 11:14
    74%

    14The Israelites plundered all the goods of these cities and the cattle, but they totally destroyed all the people and allowed no one who breathed to live.

  • 1 Sam 15:3
    74%

    3So go now and strike down the Amalekites. Destroy everything that they have. Don’t spare them. Put them to death– man, woman, child, infant, ox, sheep, camel, and donkey alike.’”

  • Deut 28:51
    74%

    51They will devour the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your soil until you are destroyed. They will not leave you with any grain, new wine, olive oil, calves of your herds, or lambs of your flocks until they have destroyed you.

  • Judg 6:33
    74%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 5:21
    73%

    21They seized the Hagrites’ animals, including 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys. They also took captive 100,000 people.

  • Josh 11:8
    73%

    8The LORD handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.

  • Jer 5:17
    73%

    17They will eat up your crops and your food. They will kill off your sons and your daughters. They will eat up your sheep and your cattle. They will destroy your vines and your fig trees. Their weapons will batter down the fortified cities you trust in.

  • Josh 6:21
    73%

    21They annihilated with the sword everything that breathed in the city, including men and women, young and old, as well as cattle, sheep, and donkeys.

  • 2 Kgs 3:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

    24When they approached the Israelite camp, the Israelites rose up and struck down the Moabites, who then ran from them. The Israelites thoroughly defeated Moab.

    25They tore down the cities and each man threw a stone into every cultivated field until they were covered. They stopped up every spring and chopped down every productive tree. Only Kir Hareseth was left intact, but the slingers surrounded it and attacked it.

  • 1 Chr 4:41
    73%

    41The men whose names are listed came during the time of King Hezekiah of Judah and attacked the Hamites’ settlements, as well as the Meunites they discovered there, and they wiped them out to this very day. They dispossessed them, for they found pasture for their sheep there.

  • Josh 10:41
    73%

    41Joshua conquered the area between Kadesh Barnea and Gaza and the whole region of Goshen, all the way to Gibeon.

  • Ps 105:35
    73%

    35They ate all the vegetation in their land, and devoured the crops of their fields.

  • Num 25:17
    72%

    17“Bring trouble to the Midianites, and destroy them,

  • Josh 11:20
    72%

    20for the LORD determined to make them obstinate so they would attack Israel. He wanted Israel to annihilate them without mercy, as he had instructed Moses.

  • Judg 20:42
    72%

    42They retreated before the Israelites, taking the road to the wilderness. But the battle overtook them as men from the surrounding cities struck them down.

  • Deut 2:15
    72%

    15Indeed, it was the very hand of the LORD that eliminated them from within the camp until they were all gone.

  • Ps 83:9
    72%

    9Do to them as you did to Midian– as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River!

  • 1 Sam 27:9
    72%

    9When David would attack a district, he would leave neither man nor woman alive. He would take sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing and would then go back to Achish.

  • Gen 14:7
    72%

    7Then they attacked En Mishpat(that is, Kadesh) again, and they conquered all the territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazazon Tamar.

  • Num 14:45
    71%

    45So the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country swooped down and attacked them as far as Hormah.

  • Josh 11:4
    71%

    4These kings came out with their armies; they were as numerous as the sand on the seashore and had a large number of horses and chariots.

  • Gen 34:28
    71%

    28They took their flocks, herds, and donkeys, as well as everything in the city and in the surrounding fields.

  • Zeph 2:4
    71%

    4Judgment on Surrounding Nations Indeed, Gaza will be deserted and Ashkelon will become a heap of ruins. Invaders will drive away the people of Ashdod by noon, and Ekron will be overthrown.

  • Judg 2:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14The LORD was furious with Israel and handed them over to robbers who plundered them. He turned them over to their enemies who lived around them. They could no longer withstand their enemies’ attacks.

    15Whenever they went out to fight, the LORD did them harm, just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do. They suffered greatly.

  • Josh 24:8
    71%

    8Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived east of the Jordan. They fought with you, but I handed them over to you; you conquered their land and I destroyed them from before you.

  • Joel 2:3
    70%

    3Like fire they devour everything in their path; a flame blazes behind them. The land looks like the Garden of Eden before them, but behind them there is only a desolate wilderness– for nothing escapes them!

  • Num 31:7
    70%

    7They fought against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

  • 1 Sam 14:48
    70%

    48He fought bravely, striking down the Amalekites and delivering Israel from the hand of its enemies.

  • Exod 10:15
    70%

    15They covered the surface of all the ground, so that the ground became dark with them, and they ate all the vegetation of the ground and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green remained on the trees or on anything that grew in the fields throughout the whole land of Egypt.

  • Deut 1:44
    70%

    44The Amorite inhabitants of that area confronted you and chased you like a swarm of bees, striking you down from Seir as far as Hormah.

  • 2 Chr 20:10
    70%

    10Now the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir are coming! When Israel came from the land of Egypt, you did not allow them to invade these lands. They bypassed them and did not destroy them.

  • Deut 31:4
    70%

    4The LORD will do to them just what he did to Sihon and Og, the Amorite kings, and to their land, which he destroyed.

  • Judg 8:10
    70%

    10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their armies. There were about fifteen thousand survivors from the army of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand sword-wielding soldiers had been killed.

  • Deut 3:6
    70%

    6We put all of these under divine judgment just as we had done to King Sihon of Heshbon– every occupied city, including women and children.

  • Josh 10:10
    70%

    10The LORD routed them before Israel. Israel thoroughly defeated them at Gibeon. They chased them up the road to the pass of Beth Horon and struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.

  • Judg 7:23
    70%

    23Israelites from Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh answered the call and chased the Midianites.