Judges 6:7

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

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  • Judg 6:1-6
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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.

    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.

    4They 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.

    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.

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    10The Israelites cried out for help to the LORD:“We have sinned against you. We abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals.”

    11The LORD said to the Israelites,“Did I not deliver you from Egypt, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines,

    12the Sidonians, Amalek, and Midian when they oppressed you? You cried out for help to me, and I delivered you from their power.

  • 8So the LORD sent a prophet to the Israelites. He said to them,“This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘I brought you up from Egypt and took you out of that place of slavery.

  • 1 Sam 7:7-8
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    7When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, the leaders of the Philistines went up against Israel. When the Israelites heard about this, they were afraid of the Philistines.

    8The Israelites said to Samuel,“Keep crying out to the LORD our God so that he may save us from the hand of the Philistines!”

  • 6They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

  • 4When the LORD’s angel finished speaking these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly.

  • Num 31:1-3
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    1The Midianite War The LORD spoke to Moses:

    2“Exact vengeance for the Israelites from the Midianites– after that you will be gathered to your people.”

    3So Moses spoke to the people:“Arm men from among you for the war, to attack the Midianites and to execute the LORD’s vengeance on Midian.

  • 10When Pharaoh got closer, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified. The Israelites cried out to the LORD,

  • 3The Israelites cried out for help to the LORD, because Sisera had nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels, and he cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.

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    8When Jacob entered Egypt, your ancestors cried out to the LORD. The LORD sent Moses and Aaron, and they led your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

    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.

    10Then they cried out to the LORD and admitted,‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and have served the Baals and the images of Ashtoreth. Now deliver us from the hand of our enemies so that we may serve you.’

  • 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.

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

  • 23The Call of the Deliverer During that long period of time the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry because of their slave labor went up to God.

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

  • 7So we cried out to the LORD, the God of our ancestors, and he heard us and saw our humiliation, toil, and oppression.

  • 9And now indeed the cry of the Israelites has come to me, and I have also seen how severely the Egyptians oppress them.

  • Judg 6:13-14
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    13Gideon 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.”

    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?”

  • 9When the Israelites cried out for help to the LORD, he raised up a deliverer for the Israelites who rescued them. His name was Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.

  • 7I saw the tents of Cushan overwhelmed by trouble; the tent curtains of the land of Midian were shaking.

  • 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 7:1-2
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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.’

  • 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.

  • Exod 6:9-10
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    9Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and hard labor.

    10Then the LORD said to Moses,

  • 28Gideon’s Story Ends The Israelites humiliated Midian; the Midianites’ fighting spirit was broken. The land had rest for forty years during Gideon’s time.

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

  • 18When the LORD raised up leaders for them, the LORD was with each leader and delivered the people from their enemies while the leader remained alive. The LORD felt sorry for them when they cried out in agony because of what their harsh oppressors did to them.

  • 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!”

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

  • 2When the people cried to Moses, he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died out.