For the Midianites came with their cattle and their tents like a great swarm of locusts.(A) They and their camels were without number, and they entered the land to lay waste to it. So Israel became poverty-stricken because of Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the Lord.(B)

When the Israelites cried out to him because of Midian,

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They came up with their livestock and their tents like swarms of locusts.(A) It was impossible to count them or their camels;(B) they invaded the land to ravage it. Midian so impoverished the Israelites that they cried out(C) to the Lord for help.

When the Israelites cried out(D) to the Lord because of Midian,

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