Judges 6:28 (DRB)

Passage

And when the men of that town were risen in the morning, they saw the altar of Baal destroyed, and the grove cut down, and the second bullock laid upon the altar, which then was built.

Nearby Context

Judges 6:26 And thou shalt build un altar to the Lord thy God, in the top of this rock, whereupon thou didst lay the sacrifice before: and thou shalt take the second bullock, and shalt offer a holocaust upon a pile of the wood, which thou shalt cut down out of the grove.

Judges 6:27 Then Gedeon, taking ten men of his servants, did as the Lord had commanded him. But fearing his father's house, and the men of that city, he would not do it by day, but did all by night.

Judges 6:28 And when the men of that town were risen in the morning, they saw the altar of Baal destroyed, and the grove cut down, and the second bullock laid upon the altar, which then was built.

Judges 6:29 And they said one to another: Who hath done this? And when they inquired for the author of the fact, it was said: Gedeon, the son of Joas, did all this.

Judges 6:30 And they said to Joas: Bring out thy son hither, that he may die: because he hath destroyed the altar of Baal, and hath cut down his grove.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "town", "risen", "morning", "altar", "baal", "destroyed", "grove", and "down". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "town" and "risen", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 27's "Then Gedeon taking ten men of his..." into verse 29's "And they said one to another Who...", so "town" and "risen" 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 "town" and "risen" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.