Judges 6:3-6

3When they planted seeds to grow food, their enemies would attack them. The Midianites, Amalekites and people from the east would come to rob them.

4They made their camps on Israel's land. They took all their crops, as far south as Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat. They took away their sheep, cows and donkeys.

5The groups of enemies came with their animals. They put up their tents all across the land. They came like a cloud of locusts. They were too many to count as they arrived on their camels. They took everything that grew on the land.

6Because of the Midianites, the Israelites became poor and weak. So they called out to the Lord for help.