Judges 6:12-14

International Standard Version

¹² The angel of the Lord appeared to him and told him, “The Lord is with you, you valiant warrior!”

¹³ But Gideon replied, “Right… Sir, if the Lord is with us, then why has all of this happened to us? And where are all of his miraculous works that our ancestors recounted to us when they said, ‘The Lord brought us up from Egypt, didn’t he?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and given us over to Midian!”

¹⁴ The Lord looked straight at him and replied, “Go with this determination^[a] of yours and deliver Israel from Midian’s domination. I’ve directed^[b] you, haven’t I?”