Judges 6:7 (GNV)

Passage

And when the children of Israel cryed vnto the Lord because of the Midianites,

Nearby Context

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,

Judges 6:8 The Lord sent vnto the children of Israel a Prophet, who sayd vuto them, Thus sayth the Lord God of Israel, I haue brought you vp from Egypt, and haue brought you out of the house of bondage,

Judges 6:9 And I haue deliuered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and haue cast them out before you, and giuen you their land.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "children", "israel", "cryed", "vnto", "lord", and "midianites". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "children" and "israel", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "So was Israel exceedingly impouerished by the..." into verse 8's "The Lord sent vnto the children of...", so "children" and "israel" 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 "children" and "israel" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.