Judges 6:22 (DRB)

Passage

And Gedeon seeing that it was the angel of the Lord, said: Alas, my Lord God: for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.

Nearby Context

Judges 6:20 And the angel of the Lord said to him: Take the flesh and the unleavened loaves, and lay them upon that rock, and pour out the broth thereon. And when he had done so,

Judges 6:21 The angel of the Lord put forth the tip of the rod, which he held in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened loaves: and there arose a fire from the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened loaves: and the angel of the Lord vanished out of his sight.

Judges 6:22 And Gedeon seeing that it was the angel of the Lord, said: Alas, my Lord God: for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.

Judges 6:23 And the Lord said to him: Peace be with thee: fear not, thou shalt not die.

Judges 6:24 And Gedeon built there an altar to the Lord, and called it the Lord's peace, until this present day. And when he was yet in Ephra, which is of the family of Ezri,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "gedeon", "seeing", "angel", "lord", "said", "alas", and "seen". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "gedeon" and "seeing", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "The angel of the Lord put forth..." into verse 23's "And the Lord said to him Peace...", so "gedeon" and "seeing" 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 "gedeon" and "seeing" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.