Judges 6:1-8
did evil <06213 07451> [did evil.]
so <05414> [delivered.]
When God judges, he will overcome; and sinners shall be made either to bend or break before him. See the ensuing history.
Midian <04080> [Midian.]
<03027> [the hand.]
overwhelmed <05810> [prevailed. Heb. was strong. dens.]
Dr. Shaw says, that a great way on each side Joppa, on the sea coast, there is a range of mountains and precipices; and in these high situations are generally found the dens, holes, or caves, which are so frequently mentioned in Scripture; and which were formerly the lonesome retreats of the distressed Israelites.
Israelites <03478> [when Israel.]
Amalekites <06002> [Amalekites.]
people <01121> [children.]
devoured <07843> [destroyed.]
<0935> [till thou come.]
The Midianites dwelt beyond the eastern borders of the land of Canaan, east of the Dead Sea, and Gaza was on the Mediterranean, on the west: so that these invaders ravaged the whole breadth of the land.
sheep <07716> [sheep. or, goat.]
tents <0168> [tents.]
locusts <01767 0697> [as grasshoppers.]
camels <01581> [their camels.]
devour <07843> [to destroy.]
weakened <01809> [impoverished.]
cried out <02199> [cried.]
<0376> [A.M. 2759. B.C. 1245. An. Ex. Is. 246. a prophet. Heb. a man, a prophet. Thus saith.]
