Judges 6:7-16

7Now it came about, when the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord on account of Midian, 8that the Lord sent a prophet to the sons of Israel, and 1he said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘It was I who brought you up from Egypt, and brought you out of the house of 2slavery. 9And I rescued you from the hands of the Egyptians, and from the hands of all your oppressors, and I drove them out from you and gave you their land, 10and I said to you, “I am the Lord your God; you 3shall not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live.” But you have not 4obeyed Me.’”

11Then 5the angel of the Lord came and sat under the 6oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the 7Abiezrite, as his son 8Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press in order to save it from the Midianites. 12And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “The Lord is with you, valiant warrior.” 13Then Gideon said to him, “O my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did the Lord not bring us up from Egypt?’ But 9now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.” 14And the Lord 10looked at him and said, “11Go in this strength of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?” 1512But he said to Him, “O Lord, 13how am I to save Israel? Behold, my family is the least in 14Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.” 1615Yet the Lord said to him, “I will certainly be with you, and you will 16defeat Midian as one man.”