Judges 6:7-16

7And it came to pass when the children of Israel cried to Jehovah because of Midian,

8that Jehovah sent a prophet to the children of Israel, who said to them, Thus saith Jehovah the 1God of Israel: I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;

9and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land,

10and I said to you, I am Jehovah your 2God; fear not the 3gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell. But ye have not hearkened to my voice.

11And an angel of Jehovah came and sat under the terebinth that was in Ophrah, that [belonged] to Joash the Abi-ezrite. And his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, to secure [it] from the Midianites.

12And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him, and said to him, Jehovah is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

13And Gideon said to him, Ah my Lord, if Jehovah be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where are all his miracles that our fathers told us of, saying, Did not Jehovah bring us up from Egypt? And now Jehovah hath cast us off, and given us into the hand of Midian.

14And Jehovah looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have not I sent thee?

15And he said to him, Ah Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my thousand is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

16And Jehovah said to him, I will certainly be with thee; and thou shalt smite Midian as one man.