Judges 6:1-6

Midian Oppresses Israel

¹ _k The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of _l Midian seven years. ² And the hand of Midian overpowered Israel, and because of Midian the people of Israel made for themselves the dens that are in the mountains and _m the caves and the strongholds. ³ For whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites and _n the Amalekites and _o the people of the East would come up against them. ⁴ They would encamp against them _p and devour the produce of the land, as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel and no sheep or ox or donkey. ⁵ For they would come up with their livestock and their tents; they would come _q like locusts in number - both they and their camels could not be counted - so that they laid waste the land as they came in. ⁶ And Israel was brought very low because of Midian. And the people of Israel _r cried out for help to the Lord.

1. Cross References
   Judges 2:19
   But whenever the judge died, they turned back and were more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods, serving them and bowing down to them. They did not drop any of their practices or their stubborn ways.
   
2. Cross References
   Genesis 25:2
   She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
   Numbers 25:17 - 18
   Harass the Midianites and strike them down.
   Habakkuk 3:7
   I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Samuel 13:6
   When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were hard pressed), the people hid themselves in caves and in holes and in rocks and in tombs and in cisterns.
   Hebrews 11:38
   Of whom the world was not worthy - wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
   
4. Cross References
   Judges 3:13
   He gathered to himself the Ammonites and the Amalekites, and went and defeated Israel. And they took possession of the city of palms.
   
5. Cross References
   Judges 6:33
   Now all the Midianites and the Amalekites and t...
   Judges 7:12
   And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all t...
   Judges 8:10
   Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with thei...
   Genesis 29:1
   Then Jacob went on his journey and came to the ...
   1 Kings 4:30
   So that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom o...
   Job 1:3
   He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yok...
   
6. Cross References
   Leviticus 26:16
   Then I will do this to you: I will visit you with panic, with wasting disease and fever that consume the eyes and make the heart ache. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
   Deuteronomy 28:30 - 33
   You shall betroth a wife, but another man shall ravish her. You shall build a house, but you shall not dwell in it. You shall plant a vineyard, but you shall not enjoy its fruit.
   Deuteronomy 28:51
   It shall eat the offspring of your cattle and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed; it also shall not leave you grain, wine, or oil, the increase of your herds or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.
   Micah 6:15
   You shall sow, but not reap; you shall tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil; you shall tread grapes, but not drink wine.
   
7. Cross References
   Judges 7:12
   And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the East lay along the valley like locusts in abundance, and their camels were without number, as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance.
   
8. Cross References
   Judges 3:9
   But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel, who saved them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.