Judges 6:8 (YLT)

Passage

that Jehovah sendeth a man, a prophet, unto the sons of Israel, and he saith to them, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I--I have brought you up out of Egypt, and I bring you out from a house of servants,

Nearby Context

Judges 6:6 And Israel is very weak from the presence of Midian, and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah.

Judges 6:7 And it cometh to pass when the sons of Israel have cried unto Jehovah, concerning Midian,

Judges 6:8 that Jehovah sendeth a man, a prophet, unto the sons of Israel, and he saith to them, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I--I have brought you up out of Egypt, and I bring you out from a house of servants,

Judges 6:9 and I deliver you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all your oppressors, and I cast them out from your presence, and I give to you their land,

Judges 6:10 and I say to you, I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God, ye do not fear the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling: --and ye have not hearkened to My voice.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jehovah", "sendeth", "prophet", "sons", "israel", "saith", "thus", and "said". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah" and "sendeth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "And it cometh to pass when the..." into verse 9's "and I deliver you out of the...", so "jehovah" and "sendeth" 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 "jehovah" and "sendeth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.