Midian Prevails Against Israel

6 Then the sons of Israel ^(A)did what was evil in the eyes of Yahweh; and Yahweh gave them into the hands of ^(B)Midian seven years. ² And the ^[a]power of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of Midian the sons of Israel made for themselves ^(C)the dens which were in the mountains and the caves and the strongholds. ³ And it was when Israel had sown, that the Midianites would go up with the Amalekites and the sons of the east and go up against them. ⁴ So they would camp against them and ^(D)ruin the produce of the earth ^[b]as far as Gaza and ^(E)leave no sustenance in Israel as well as no sheep, ox, or donkey. ⁵ For they would go up with their livestock and their tents; they would come in ^(F)like locusts for number, both they and their camels were innumerable; and they came into the land to make it a ruin. ⁶ So Israel was brought ^(G)very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried out to Yahweh.

⁷ Now it happened when the sons of Israel cried out to Yahweh on account of Midian, ⁸ that Yahweh sent a prophet to the sons of Israel, and ^(H)he said to them, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘It was I who brought you up from Egypt and brought you out from the house of slavery. ⁹ I delivered you from the hands of the Egyptians and from the hands of all your oppressors and drove them out before you and gave you their land, ¹⁰ and I said to you, “I am Yahweh your God; you ^(I)shall not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live. But you have not listened to My voice.”’”