Judges 6:8

That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֛ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
sent	וַיִּשְׁלַ֧ח vai.yish.Lach	H7971	to send away · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
prophet	אִ֥ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
children	בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
said	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
saith	אָמַ֥ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵ֣י 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
up	הֶעֱלֵ֤יתִי he.'e.Lei.ti	H5927	to ascend · verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person common singular
Egypt	מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם mi.mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · preposition + proper noun, a place name
forth	וָאֹצִ֥יא va.'o.Tzi'	H3318	to go (causatively · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular
house	מִבֵּ֥ית mi.Beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
bondage	עֲבָדִֽים 'a.va.Dim	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Psalms 136:10-16 To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Ezekiel 20:5-32 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and…
Isaiah 63:9-14 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bar…
Judges 2:1-3 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which…
Nehemiah 9:9-12 And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 6:7-10

Observe here, I. The cognizance God took of the cries of Israel, when at length they were directed towards him. Though in their prosperity they had neglected him and made court to his rivals, and though they never looked towards him until they were driven to it by extremity, yet, upon their complain and prayer, he intended relief for them. Thus would he show how ready he is to forgive, how swift he is to show mercy, and how inclinable to hear prayer, that sinners may be encouraged to return and repent, Psa 130:4. II. The method God took of working deliverance for them. 1. Before he sent an angel to raise them up a saviour he sent a prophet to reprove them for sin, and to bring them to repent…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 6:8

A PROPHET REBUKES THEM. (Jdg 6:7-10) the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel--The curse of the national calamity is authoritatively traced to their infidelity as the cause.

John Gill on Judges 6:8

And the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel,.... "A man, a prophet" (f), as in the Hebrew text, not an angel, but a man; and this not Phinehas, as say some Jewish writers (g); for it is not probable he should live so long as more than two hundred years; and had he been living, it is very much he should not have been heard of in the times of the preceding judges, and that he was not made use of before now to reprove the people for their sins; but who the prophet was we have no account now nor hereafter, here or elsewhere. Abarbinel supposes he was raised up for a short time: which said unto them, thus saith the Lord God of Israel; he came in the name of the Lord, and using the fo…

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Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 6:1-10

Renewed Apostasy of the Nation, and Its Punishment. - Jdg 6:1. As the Israelites forsook Jehovah their God again, the Lord delivered them up for seven years into the hands of the Midianites. The Midianites, who were descendants of Abraham and Keturah (Gen 25:2), and had penetrated into the grassy steppes on the eastern side of the country of the Moabites and Ammonites (see at Num 22:4), had shown hostility to Israel even in the time of Moses, and had been defeated in a war of retaliation on the part of the Israelites (Num 31). But they had afterwards recovered their strength, so that now, after an interval of 200 years, the Lord used them as a rod of chastisement for His rebellious people. I…

The Church Fathers

And it came to pass that when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord for Midian, the Lord sent a man a prophet unto the children of Israel, and said unto them. There is some hidden reason for not saying the name of this prophet, which is very rare in the Scriptures, but I do not think there is no reason. Well, as after the words with which he rebuked the disobedience of the people, the Scripture continues saying: And the angel of the Lord came and sat under the oak that was in Ephra (Jc 6,11), it is not absurd to think that under the name of the prophet man This angel is indicated, so that, after saying these words, he has come to the aforementioned oak tree and has sat there. It is a known fact that angels are usually called men, but it does not appear easily or clearly that the man, who could be an angel, (Cf Gn 19,10) was called a prophet. We read that the one who was a prophet is called an angel (Cf Mt 11,9-10). But if the prophetic words of the angels are known, that is, the words with which they announced future things, why could not an angel be called a prophet? However, as I said, there is no clear and explicit testimony on this matter.
— Augustine of Hippo, QUESTIONS ON JUDGES, Q. 31 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)

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Dictionary and topics

Gideon — Called also Jerubbaal (Judg. 6:29, 32), was the first of the judges whose history is circumstantially narrated (Judg. 6-8). His calling is the commencement of the second period in the history of the…
Kirjath-Jearim · General references — General references
Prophets · Mentioned in scripture: Prophet set to Israel — Mentioned in scripture: Prophet set to Israel

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 6:7-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 6:8

John Gill on Judges 6:8

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 6:1-10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 6:7-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 6:8

John Gill on Judges 6:8

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 6:1-10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Rashi on Judges 6:8