Judges 6:5 (GNV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Judges 6:7 And when the children of Israel cryed vnto the Lord because of the Midianites,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "went", "cattel", "came", "tentes", "grashoppers", "multitude", "camels", and "without". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "went" and "cattel", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And camped by them and destroyed the..." into verse 6's "So was Israel exceedingly impouerished by the...", so "went" and "cattel" 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 "went" and "cattel" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.