2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel, and because of the Midianites the sons of Israel made dens in the mountains and caves and strongholds.
3 For when those of Israel had sown, the Midianites would come up and the Amalekites and the sons of the east. They would come up against them
4 and encamp against them and destroy the fruits of the earth as far as Gaza, and they would leave nothing to eat in Israel neither sheep nor ox nor ass.
5 For they would come up with their livestock and their tents in a great multitude like locusts, for there was no number in them nor in their camels, and they would enter into the land destroying it.
6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites, and the sons of Israel cried unto the Lord.
7 And when the sons of Israel cried unto the Lord because of the Midianites,
8 the Lord sent a prophet unto the sons of Israel who said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt and brought you forth out of the house of slavery;