Judges 6:13 Meaning and Explanation
“And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.”
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Read Full Chapter →Gideon questions how the Lord can be with them given their suffering and the absence of His miracles.
What Does Judges 6:13 Mean?
Gideon answers the greeting with honest anguish. If the Lord is truly with them, why has all this calamity come? Where are the wonders his fathers spoke of, the deliverance from Egypt? To him it seems plain: the Lord has forsaken them and given them over to Midian.
His complaint is the ache of every believer who knows the old stories of God's power yet feels only the present silence. It is striking that God does not rebuke the question. Gideon, even while doubting, is still speaking to the Lord, and that honest wrestling is itself a kind of faith. The Lord welcomes the troubled questions of those who bring them to Him rather than turning away.
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What does Judges 6:13 mean?
Gideon questions how the Lord can be with them given their suffering and the absence of His miracles.