Judges 6:6-10
Judges 6:6
And
Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of
Israel cried unto the LORD.
This
invasion of the Midianites had brought the Israelites to a point of total
poverty since they were now unable to utilize the land because it was now being
used by the Midianites for their needs.
So once again the children of Israel had cried unto the Lord seeking
deliverance from the situation they were in.
You would think at times like this they would use it as a lesson to
remain obedient to the Lord and to teach their children.
Judges 6:7
And
it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the
Midianites,
God
heard the cries of His children just as He heard them before and when they were
in bondage in the land of Egypt.
God was ready to deliver them from their oppression.
Judges 6:8
That
the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus
saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth
out of the house of bondage;
The
Lord now sent a prophet to the children of Israel.
This prophet was a man but we do not know who he was.
He was sent by the Lord and was reminding them that it was the Lord who
brought them out of the land of Egypt from bondage to Pharaoh.
He wanted to reassure them that the Midianites were nowhere near the
power that Egypt was and that He toppled a great world power like Egypt.
This is why Egypt was brought up for their reassurance and hope.
Judges 6:9
And I
delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that
oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land;
God
was now reassuring them by telling them through the prophet what He did for
them. He delivered them out of the
land of Egypt and when they were seeking to go to the Promised Land, the
Amalekites had come out against them but Moses had told Joshua to pick out some
men and to fight against Amalek. As
long as Moses held up his hands Joshua prevailed and eventually the Amalekites
lost the battle. Then when the
Israelites came into the land, God had driven out many of the pagan nations to
give Israel the land He promised them.
After many of them were defeated then God gave them the land and it was
parceled out according to tribe.
Judges 6:10
And I
said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in
whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.