Judges 6:11 (DBY)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Judges 6:13 And Gideon said to him, Ah my Lord, if Jehovah be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where are all his miracles that our fathers told us of, saying, Did not Jehovah bring us up from Egypt? And now Jehovah hath cast us off, and given us into the hand of Midian.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "angel", "jehovah", "came", "under", "terebinth", "ophrah", "belonged", and "joash". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "angel" and "jehovah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "and I said to you I am..." into verse 12's "And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to...", so "angel" 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 "angel" and "jehovah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.