Judges 6:11-13

Names of God Bible

Gideon Is Chosen to Be a Judge

¹¹ The Messenger of Yahweh came and sat under the oak tree in Ophrah that belonged to Joash from Abiezer’s family. Joash’s son Gideon was beating out wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites. ¹² The Messenger of Yahweh appeared to Gideon and said, “Yahweh is with you, brave man.”

¹³ Gideon responded, “Excuse me, sir! But if Yahweh is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all the miracles our ancestors have told us about? Didn’t they say, ‘Yahweh brought us out of Egypt?’ But now Yahweh has abandoned us and has handed us over to Midian.”