And Gideon said to him, oh my Lord,.... Taking him not to be an angel, but some illustrious and eminent person:if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? all these troubles and calamities through the oppression of the Midianites; for he understood what was said to him in the salutation, respecting not himself personally and privately, but the people of Israel; and he could not tell how to reconcile the Lord's being with them, and yet suffering such sad things to befall them they groaned under:where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?
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Judges 6:13
Judges 6:13
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over in silence; and here begins the story of another distress and…Judges 6 — OverviewJudges 6 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJudges 6:1, The Israelites for their sin are oppressed by Midian; Judges 6:8, A prophet rebukes them; Judges 6:11, An angel sends Gideon for their deliverance; Judges 6:17, Gideon’s present is consumed with fire; Judges…Judges 6 — OverviewJudges 6 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn this chapter we have an account of the distressed condition Israel was in through the Midianites, Jud 6:1, of a prophet being sent unto them to reprieve them for their sins, Jud 6:7 of an angel appearing to Gideon,…Judges 6:11-24Judges 6:11-24 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIt is not said what effect the prophet's sermon had upon the people,
but we may hope it had a good effect, and that some of them at least
repented and reformed upon it; for here, immediately after, we have the…Judges 6:11-24Judges 6:11-24 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
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An angel, etc. Rather, the angel of the Lord, otherwise called "the angel of his presence" (Isaiah 63:9). In 6:14, 6:16, 6:23, for the angel of the Lord we have simply the Lord (see 2:1, note). An oak.…Judges 6:13Judges 6:13 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgeif the Lord: Genesis 25:22; Exodus 33:14-16; Numbers 14:14-15; Romans 8:31
why then: Deuteronomy 29:24, Deuteronomy 30:17-18; Psalms 77:7-9, Psalms 89:49; Isaiah 59:1-2, Isaiah 63:15
our fathers: Psalms 44:1, Psalms…