A prophet] who brings a similar message to that of the angel in Judges 2:1. The prophet is the spokesman of Jehovah. See Intro, to Samuel. The spirit of the prophetic message is always (a) moral, (b) national.
Verse Judges 6:8. _THE LORD SENT A PROPHET_] The Jews say that this was Phinehas; but it is more likely that it was some prophet or teacher raised up by the Lord to warn and instruct them. Such were h...
A PROPHET - His name is not given. (Compare 1 Kings 13.) This message is somewhat similar to that of the Angel, Judges 2:1. The reference to Exodus 20:2 is plain, and supposes the people to whom the p...
4. FOURTH DECLENSION: UNDER MIDIAN AND GIDEON, TOLA AND JAIR CHAPTER 6 _ 1. Israel's suffering from Midian (Judges 6:1)_ 2. Their repentance and the divine answer (Judges 6:7) 3. Gideon, the deliv...
A second writer (probably E) introduces a prophet who reproves Israel for disloyalty and ingratitude to Yahweh their God. The brief speech is a torso. Reflective rather than prophetic, it opens impres...
A PROPHET. Hebrew "a man (' _ish,_ App-14.). prophet" GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. FROM EGYPT. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "from the land of Egypt". BONDAGE. Hebrew bondmen. Fig...
THE LORD SENT A PROPHET UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL— It is probable, that God, at this time, continued other prophets among the Israelites beside the high-priest to put them in mind of their duty, and...
Gideon of Manasseh and Abimelech Judges 6:1 to Judges 9:57 _Midian Oppresses Israel Judges 6:1-10_ And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord delivered them into the h...
_THAT THE LORD SENT A PROPHET UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, WHICH SAID UNTO THEM, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, I BROUGHT YOU UP FROM EGYPT, AND BROUGHT YOU FORTH OUT OF THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE;_ Th...
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 6 The stories about Gideon and his son, Abimelech are the most important ones in the book. John J. Davies says, ‘Gideon is the ideal judge like Mose...
A PROPHET. — He is here left nameless, but Jewish legend says that he was Phinehas, the son of Eleazar. Their _Hagadah_ (legendary information) generally enables them to name these nameless prophets....
וַ יִּשְׁלַ֧ח יְהוָ֛ה אִ֥ישׁ נָבִ֖יא אֶל ־בְּ
THE DESERT HORDES; AND THE MAN AT OPHRAH Judges 6:1 JABIN king of Canaan defeated and his nine hundred chariots turned into ploughshares, we might expect Israel to make at last a start in its true ca...
A FARMER CALLED TO BE DELIVERER Judges 6:7 God is not content with sending a prophet to condemn our sins; He commissions an angel to bring help. Surely there is truth in the old belief that the Angel...
After the passing of these forty years, sin again brought punishment. The people passed under the oppression of Midian. It was oppression of the severest kind and lasted for seven years. A terrible pi...
When Israel again did evil in the sight of God, he delivered them into the hands of the Midianites, who were descendants of Abraham and Keturah (Genesis 25:1-2). They were allied in the oppression of...
A prophet. The people no sooner repent, than God shews them mercy. (Haydock) --- The name of this prophet is unknown. The Jews say it was Phinees; others think it was an angel in human shape: but he m...
Observe the sweet methods of God's grace. No sooner doth Israel cry but the Lord hears and answers. Indeed the promise is, Before my people call I will answer. The Lord waiteth to be gracious. Isa_65:...
The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...
But again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and He delivered them into the hand of Midian. And the children of Israel cried again unto Jehovah. God reveals the cause of their di...
AND THE LORD SENT A PROPHET UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,.... "A man, a prophet" f, as in the Hebrew text, not an angel, but a man; and this not Phinehas, as say some Jewish writers g; for it is not pr...
That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; Ver....
_The Lord sent a prophet_ We have reason to hope God is designing mercy for us, if we find he is by his grace preparing us for it....
1 The Israelites for their sinne are oppressed by Midian. 8 A prophet rebuketh them. 11 An Angel sendeth Gideon for their deliuerance. 17 Gideons Present is consumed with fire. 24 Gideon destroyet...
THE OPPRESSION OF MIDIAN...
that the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, a man directly inspired by Him, WHICH SAID UNTO THEM, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, I BROUGHT YOU UP FROM EGYPT, AND BROUGHT YOU FORTH OU...
THE OPPRESSION OF MIDIAN (vv.1-10) However, Israel again repeated the evil of departing from the Lord. This time the Lord used Midian to put them under a yoke of oppression which lasted seven years...
A PROPHET: _ Heb._ a man, a prophet...
7-10 They cried to God for a deliverer, and he sent them a prophet to teach them. When God furnishes a land with faithful ministers, it is a token that he has mercy in store for it. He charges them wi...
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Judges 6:8 LORD H3068 sent H7971 (H8799) prophet H376 H5030 children H1121 Israel H3478 said H559 ...
YAHWEH SENDS HIS PROPHET (JUDGES 6:7). Judges 6:7 a ‘And so it happened that when the children of Israel cried to Yahweh because of Midian, that Yahweh sent a prophet to the children of Israel, and...
Judges 6-8 In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were r...
CONTENTS: More apostasy in Israel. Call of Gideon. CHARACTERS: God, Angel of Jehovah (Jesus), Holy Spirit, Gideon, prophet, Joash. CONCLUSION: In times of apostasy, God often calls His mightiest ser...
Judges 6:1. _The Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian,_ the descendants of Abraham's fourth son by Keturah, who oppressed them for seven years. Genesis 25:2. Judges 6:3. _The children of the ea...
_Because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens _. .. _ and caves and strongholds._ DIVINE PUNISHMENT THROUGH NATURAL MEANS Thus God gets at men through various means. The Midian...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 6:1__ The fifth judge was Gideon, who fought the Midianites twice. The first time he followed God’s instructions (Judges 7:1); the second time he did not ...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 6:7 The message of the unnamed PROPHET represents the first time God rebuked the people when they called upon him. ⇐...
_ISRAEL’S RELAPSE INTO SIN, AND THEIR OPPRESSION BY THE MIDIANITES. Judges 6:1_ CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 6:1. DID EVIL, etc.] Not _continued_ to do evil, though that is implied (pp. 158, 186). Deborah...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 6:1 MIDIAN. In Numbers 22:7 we read of the Midianites as allied with the Moabites in their hostility to the children of Israel, and we find them willing agents of Balaam s iniquitou...
So again the rest for forty days but then in chapter six, AND the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years. And the han...
Ezekiel 20:5; Isaiah 63:9; Judges 2:1; Nehemiah 9:9; Psalms 136:10
A prophet — We have reason to hope, God is designing mercy for us, if we find he is by his grace preparing us for it....