Judges 6:5 (DBY)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Judges 6:3 And it came to pass when Israel sowed, that Midian came up, and Amalek, and the children of the east, and came up against them.

Judges 6:4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the produce of the land, until thou come to Gazah, and they left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.

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

Judges 6:6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of Midian. And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah.

Judges 6:7 And it came to pass when the children of Israel cried to 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 greatly impoverished because of...", 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.