And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which [was] in Ophrah, that [pertained] unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide [it] from the Midianites.
Ver. 11. And there came an angel.] When the people, being kindly humbled by the prophet's reproof, cried mightily to God for mercy and deliverance, he "who comforteth the abject" 2Co 7:6 sent them an angel.
And his son Gideon threshed wheat.] Though he had many servants, Jdg 6:27 yet himself threshed. So did the ancient Roman senators, Cincinnatus, Curius, Scipio, &c.; neither was grain ever cheaper at Rome, saith Pliny, than in those days.