Judg 6:1-6, 7:22-25, 8:10-12, Psa 83:9-11, Isa 10:26 | ESV | STEP | The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord , and the Lord gave them into the hand of Midian seven years .

Judges 6:1-6

Midian Oppresses Israel

1 ^aThe people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of ^bMidian seven years. 2 And the hand of Midian overpowered Israel, and because of Midian the people of Israel made for themselves the dens that are in the mountains and ^cthe caves and the strongholds. 3 For whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites and ^dthe Amalekites and ^ethe people of the East would come up against them. 4 They would encamp against them ^fand devour the produce of the land, as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel and no sheep or ox or donkey. 5 For they would come up with their livestock and their tents; they would come ^glike locusts in number—both they and their camels could not be counted—so that they laid waste the land as they came in. 6 And Israel was brought very low because of Midian. And the people of Israel ^hcried out for help to the Lord.

Judges 7:22-25

22 ⁱWhen they blew the 300 trumpets, ^jthe Lord set ^kevery man’s sword against his comrade and against all the army. And the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts Zeredah} as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath. 23 And the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali and from Asher and from all Manasseh, and they pursued after Midian.

24 ^mGideon sent messengers throughout ⁿall the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites and capture the waters against them, as far as ^oBeth-barah, and also the Jordan.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters as far as Beth-barah, and also the Jordan. 25 And they captured ^pthe two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb ^qat the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb. Then they pursued Midian, and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon ^racross the Jordan.

Judges 8:10-12

10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army, about 15,000 men, all who were left of all the army of ^sthe people of the East, for there had fallen 120,000 men ^twho drew the sword. 11 And Gideon went up by the way of the tent dwellers east of ^uNobah and Jogbehah and attacked the army, for the army felt ^vsecure. 12 And Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and he pursued them ^wand captured the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and he threw all the army into a panic.

Psalms 83:9-11

9 Do to them as you did to ^xMidian,
as to ^ySisera and Jabin at ^zthe river Kishon,
10 who were destroyed at ^aaEn-dor,
who became ^abdung for the ground.
11 Make their nobles like ^acOreb and Zeeb,
all their princes like ^adZebah and Zalmunna,

Isaiah 10:26

26 And ^aethe Lord of hosts will wield against them a whip, as when he struck ^afMidian ^agat the rock of Oreb. And his staff will be over the sea, and he will lift it ^ahas he did in Egypt.