Judges 6:6 (LSB)

Passage

So Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried out to Yahweh.

Nearby Context

Judges 6:4 So they would camp against them and ruin the produce of the earth as far as Gaza and leave no sustenance in Israel as well as no sheep, ox, or donkey.

Judges 6:5 For they would go up with their livestock and their tents; they would come in like locusts for number, both they and their camels were innumerable; and they came into the land to make it a ruin.

Judges 6:6 So Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried out to Yahweh.

Judges 6:7 Now it happened when the sons of Israel cried out to Yahweh on account of Midian,

Judges 6:8 that Yahweh sent a prophet to the sons of Israel, and he said to them, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘It was I who brought you up from Egypt and brought you out from the house of slavery.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "israel", "brought", "very", "midian", "sons", "cried", and "yahweh". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "israel" and "brought", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "For they would go up with their..." into verse 7's "Now it happened when the sons of...", so "israel" and "brought" 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 "israel" and "brought" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.