He said to the men of Succoth,(A) “Please give some loaves of bread to the people who are following me,[a] because they are exhausted, for I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

But the princes of Succoth asked, “Are[b] Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hands that we should give bread to your army?”

Gideon replied, “Very well, when the Lord has handed Zebah and Zalmunna over to me, I will trample[c] your flesh on thorns and briers from the wilderness!”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 8:5 Lit are at my feet
  2. Judges 8:6 Lit Are the hands of
  3. Judges 8:7 Or tear

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