Judges 6:4-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 encamp against them, and lay waste the produce of the land as far as the outskirts of Gaza, leaving no sustenance in Israel, and no sheep, ox, or donkey. 5 For they would come up with their livestock, and their tents would appear as thick as locusts. They would be too many to count when they came into the land to lay it waste. 6 (A)Israel was reduced to utter poverty by Midian, and so the Israelites cried out to the Lord.
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