And Joash saith to all who have stood against him, `Ye, do ye plead for Baal? ye--do ye save him? he who pleadeth for him is put to death during the morning; if he <FI>is<Fi> a god he himself doth plead against him, because he hath broken down his altar.'
Judges 6:29 And they say one to another, `Who hath done this thing?' and they inquire and seek, and they say, `Gideon son of Joash hath done this thing.'
Judges 6:30 And the men of the city say unto Joash, `Bring out thy son, and he dieth, because he hath broken down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the shrine which <FI>is<Fi> by it.'
Judges 6:31 And Joash saith to all who have stood against him, `Ye, do ye plead for Baal? ye--do ye save him? he who pleadeth for him is put to death during the morning; if he <FI>is<Fi> a god he himself doth plead against him, because he hath broken down his altar.'
Judges 6:32 And he calleth him, on that day, Jerubbaal, saying, `The Baal doth plead against him, because he hath broken down his altar.'
Judges 6:33 And all Midian and Amalek and the sons of the east have been gathered together, and pass over, and encamp in the valley of Jezreel,
The verse centers on "joash", "saith", "stood", "against", "plead", "baal", "ye--do", and "save". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "joash" and "saith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 30's "And the men of the city say..." into verse 32's "And he calleth him on that day...", so "joash" and "saith" 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 "joash" and "saith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.