Judges 6:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ That the LORD sent a prophetb 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; ”

Judges 6:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A prophet - His name is not given. (Compare 1 Kings 13 .) This message is somewhat similar to that of the Angel, Judges 2:1-3 . The reference to Exodus 20:2 is plain, and supposes the people...
Judges 6:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A second writer (probably E) introduces a prophet who reproves Israel for disloyalty and ingratitude to Yahweh their God. The brief speech is a torso. Reflective rather than prophetic, it opens impre...
Judges 6:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

a prophet. Hebrew "a man (' ish, App-14.). prophet" God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. from Egypt. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "from the land of Egypt". bondage. Hebrew bon...
Judges 6:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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; The...
Judges 6:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel— It is probable, that God, at this time, continued other prophets among the Israelites beside the high-priest to put them in mind of their duty,...
Judges 6:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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;...
Judges 6:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Gideon and the Midianites The story of Gideon, which runs from Judges 6:1 to Judges 8:33 , is more detailed than that of Deborah and Barak; and, from the details, it would appear that different...
Judges 6:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A prophet. — He is here left nameless, but Jewish legend says that he was Phinehas, the son of Eleazar. Their Hagadah (legendary information) generally enables them to name these nameless prophet...
Judges 6:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE DESERT HORDES; AND THE MAN AT OPHRAH Judges 6:1-14 JABIN king of Canaan defeated and his nine hundred chariots turned into ploughshares, we might expect Israel to make at last a start in it...
Judges 6:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Farmer Called to Be Deliverer Judges 6:7-18 God is not content with sending a prophet to condemn our sins; He commissions an angel to bring help. Surely there is truth in the old belief that...
Judges 6:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

After the passing of these forty years, sin again brought punishment. The people passed under the oppression of Midian. It was oppression of the severest kind and lasted for seven years. A terrible p...
Judges 6:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Observe the sweet methods of God's grace. No sooner doth Israel cry but the Lord hears and answers. Indeed the promise is, Before my people call I will answer. The Lord waiteth to be gracious. Isa_65...
Judges 6:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Judges 6:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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; Ve...
Judges 6:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord sent a prophet We have reason to hope God is designing mercy for us, if we find he is by his grace preparing us for it.
Judges 6:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE OPPRESSION OF MIDIAN (vv.1-10) However, Israel again repeated the evil of departing from the Lord. This time the Lord used Midian to put them under a yoke of oppression which lasted seven ye...
Judges 6:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the L ORD because of the Midianites, 8 That the L ORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus...
Judges 6:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Judges 6:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Yahweh Sends His Prophet ( Judges 6:7-10 ). Judges 6:7-8 a ‘And so it happened that when the children of Israel cried to Yahweh because of Midian, that Yahweh sent a prophet to the children of...
Judges 6:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

ISRAEL’S RELAPSE INTO SIN, AND THEIR OPPRESSION BY THE MIDIANITES. Judges 6:1-10 CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 6:1 . Did evil , etc.] Not continued to do evil, though that is implied (pp. 158, 186...
Judges 6:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 6-8 In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were...
Judges 6:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 6:1 . The Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian, the descendants of Abraham's fourth son by Keturah, who oppressed them for seven years. Genesis 25:2 . Judges 6:3 . The children o...
Judges 6:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens . .. and caves and strongholds. Divine punishment through natural means Thus God gets at men through various means. The Mi...
Judges 6:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 6:1 Midian . In Numbers 22:7 we read of the Midianites as allied with the Moabites in their hostility to the children of Israel, and we find them willing agents of Bala...
Judges 6:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Oppression of Midian
Judges 6:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 20:5-32 ; Isaiah 63:9-14 ; Judges 2:1-3 ; Nehemiah 9:9-12 ; Psalms 136:10-16
Judges 6:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A prophet — We have reason to hope, God is designing mercy for us, if we find he is by his grace preparing us for it.

Judges 6:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 6:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 6:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 6:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 6:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 6:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 6:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 6:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 6:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 6:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 6:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 6:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 6:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 6:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 6:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 6:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 6:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 6:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 6:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 6:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 6:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 6:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 6:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes