Judges 6:5 (ASV)

Passage

For they came up with their cattle and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.

Nearby Context

Judges 6:3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them;

Judges 6:4 and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.

Judges 6:5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.

Judges 6:6 And Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah.

Judges 6:7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah because of Midian,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "came", "cattle", "tents", "locusts", "multitude", "both", and "camels". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "came" and "cattle", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "and they encamped against them and destroyed..." into verse 6's "And Israel was brought very low because...", so "came" and "cattle" belong inside that flow. In Judges context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "came" and "cattle" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.