10 and I said to you, “I am the Lord your God; you (A)shall not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live.” But you have not [a]obeyed Me.’”

Gideon Is Visited

11 Then (B)the angel of the Lord came and sat under the [b]oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the (C)Abiezrite, as his son (D)Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press in order to save it from the Midianites. 12 And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “The Lord is with you, valiant warrior.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 6:10 Lit listened to My voice
  2. Judges 6:11 Or terebinth

10 I said to you, ‘I am the Lord your God; do not worship(A) the gods of the Amorites,(B) in whose land you live.’ But you have not listened to me.”

11 The angel of the Lord(C) came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah(D) that belonged to Joash(E) the Abiezrite,(F) where his son Gideon(G) was threshing(H) wheat in a winepress(I) to keep it from the Midianites. 12 When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you,(J) mighty warrior.(K)

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