Judges 6:11-16 ▼

11 And the angel of YHWH came and sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, which was unto Joash the Abi-ezrite, and Gideon his son threshed wheat in the winepress to hide it from the face of the Midianite.

12 And the angel of YHWH appeared to him and said to him, “YHWH is with you, O mighty man of valor.”

13 And Gideon said to Him, “Please, my Lord, if YHWH is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles about which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Did not YHWH bring us up from Egypt?’ And YHWH has forsaken us and given us into the palm of Midian.”

14 And YHWH turned to him and said, “Go in this strength of yours, and you shall save Israel from the palm of Midian. Have not I sent you?”

15 And he said to Him, “Please, my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed, my clan is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in the house of my father.”

16 And YHWH said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianite as one man.”