Judges 6:4 (GNV)

Passage

And camped by them, and destroyed the fruite of the earth, euen til thou come vnto Azzah, and left no foode for Israel, neither sheepe, nor oxe, nor asse.

Nearby Context

Judges 6:2 And the hand of Midian preuayled against Israel, and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them dennes in the mountaines, and caues, and strong holdes.

Judges 6:3 When Israel had sowen, then came vp the Midianites, the Amalekites, and they of the East, and came vpon them,

Judges 6:4 And camped by them, and destroyed the fruite of the earth, euen til thou come vnto Azzah, and left no foode for Israel, neither sheepe, nor oxe, nor asse.

Judges 6:5 For they went vp, and their cattel, and came with their tentes as grashoppers in multitude: so that they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.

Judges 6:6 So was Israel exceedingly impouerished by the Midianites: therefore the children of Israel cryed vnto the Lord.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sheep", "camped", "destroyed", "fruite", "earth", "euen", "thou", and "come". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sheep" and "camped", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "When Israel had sowen then came vp..." into verse 5's "For they went vp and their cattel...", so "sheep" and "camped" 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 "sheep" and "camped" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.