Judges 6:10 (DBY)

Passage

and I said to you, I am Jehovah your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell. But ye have not hearkened to my voice.

Nearby Context

Judges 6:8 that Jehovah sent a prophet to the children of Israel, who said to them, Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;

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 drove them out from before you, and gave you their land,

Judges 6:10 and I said to you, I am Jehovah your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell. But ye have not hearkened to my voice.

Judges 6:11 And an angel of Jehovah came and sat under the terebinth that was in Ophrah, that [belonged] to Joash the Abi-ezrite. And his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, to secure [it] from the Midianites.

Judges 6:12 And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him, and said to him, Jehovah is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "jehovah", "fear", "gods", "amorites", "whose", "land", and "dwell". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "jehovah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "and I delivered you out of the..." into verse 11's "And an angel of Jehovah came and...", so "said" and "jehovah" 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 "said" and "jehovah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.