1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Mid´i-an seven years.
2 And the hand of Mid´i-an prevailed against Israel: and because of the Mid´i-anites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strongholds.
3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Mid´i-anites came up, and the Amal´ekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
4 and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Mid´i-anites; and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord.
7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord because of the Mid´i-anites,