Judges 6:12-14

Expanded Bible

¹² The angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon and said, “The Lord is with you, ·mighty [courageous] warrior!”

¹³ Then Gideon said, “·Sir [My lord], if the Lord is with us, why ·are we having so much trouble [^Lhas all this happened to us]? Where are the ·miracles [wonderful deeds] our ancestors told us about? They said, “Didn’t the Lord bring us up out of Egypt? But now the Lord has ·left [abandoned] us and has ·handed us over to the Midianites [^Lgiven us into the hand of Midian].”

¹⁴ The Lord turned to Gideon and said, “Go with your strength and ·save [rescue; ^Tdeliver] Israel from the ·Midianites [^Lhand of Midian]. ·I am the one who is sending you. [^LAm I not sending you?]”