Judges 6:8–13

8 he sent them a prophet,m who said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt,n out of the land of slavery.o 9 I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians. And I delivered you from the hand of all your oppressors;p I drove them out before you and gave you their land.q 10 I said to you, ‘I am the Lord your God; do not worshipr the gods of the Amorites,s in whose land you live.’ But you have not listened to me.”

11 The angel of the Lordt came and sat down under the oak in Ophrahu that belonged to Joashv the Abiezrite,w where his son Gideonx was threshingy wheat in a winepressz to keep it from the Midianites. 12 When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you,a mighty warrior.b”

13 “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wondersc that our ancestors toldd us about when they said, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandonede us and given us into the hand of Midian.”