Judges 6:32 (DRB)

Passage

From that day Gedeon was called Jerobaal, because Joas had said: Let Baal revenge himself on him that hath cast down his altar.

Nearby Context

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.

Judges 6:31 He answered them: Are you the avengers of Baal, that you fight for him? he that is his adversary, let him die before to morrow light appear: if he be a god, let him revenge himself on him that hath cast down his altar.

Judges 6:32 From that day Gedeon was called Jerobaal, because Joas had said: Let Baal revenge himself on him that hath cast down his altar.

Judges 6:33 Now all Madian, and Amalec, and the eastern people, were gathered together, and passing over the Jordan, camped in the valley of Jezrael.

Judges 6:34 But the spirit of the Lord came upon Gedeon, and he sounded the trumpet, and called together the house of Abiezer, to follow him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "gedeon", "jerobaal", "joas", "said", "revenge", and "himself". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "gedeon", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 31's "He answered them Are you the avengers..." into verse 33's "Now all Madian and Amalec and the...", so "called" and "gedeon" 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 "called" and "gedeon" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.