¹⁵ Then Gideon came and said to the men of Sukkoth, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me by saying, ‘Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread to your exhausted men?^(A)’”

⁶ But the officials of Sukkoth^(A) said, “Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread^(B) to your troops?”^(C)

⁷ Then Gideon replied, “Just for that, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna^(D) into my hand, I will tear your flesh with desert thorns and briers.”