The Midianites Oppresses Israel

6 The ⌊Israelites⌋a did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and Yahweh gave them into the hand of the Midianitesb for seven years. 2 The hand of the Midianitesc prevailed over Israel; because of the presence of the Midianites,d the ⌊Israelites⌋e made for themselves hiding places that were in the mountains, caves, and strongholds. 3 And whenever Israel sowed seed, the Midianites,f Amalekites,g and the people of the east would come up against them. 4 They would camp against them and destroy the produce of the land ⌊as far as⌋h Gaza; they left no produce in Israel, or sheep, ox, or donkey. 5 For they, their livestock, and their tents would come up like a great number of locusts; they and their camels could not be counted; they came into the land and devoured it. 6 Israel was very poor because of the presence of the Midianites,i and the ⌊Israelites⌋j cried out to Yahweh.

7 When the ⌊Israelites⌋k cried out to Yahweh on account of the Midianites,l 8 Yahweh sent a prophet to the ⌊Israelites⌋,m and he said to them, “Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel: ‘I brought you up from Egypt; I brought you from the house of slavery.n 9 I delivered you from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of all your oppressors, and drove them out from ⌊before you⌋;o and I gave you their land. 10 And I said to you, ‘I am Yahweh your God; do not fearp the gods of the Amorites,q in whose land you are living.’ But you have not listened to my voice.”