士师记 6:37-38 CUNPSS

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Judges 6:33-40

The Midianite marauders being encamped in the Plain of Jezreel, the Spirit of Jehovah takes possession of Gideon. The double sign of the fleeceJudges 6:33-4033Then [And] all the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and the children [sons] of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched [encamped] in the 34valley [plain] of Jezreel. But [And] the Spirit of the Lord [Jehovah] came upon Gideon, and he blew a [the] trumpet; and Abi-ezer was gathered after him. 35And he sent messengers... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Judges 6:37

Judges GIDEON’S FLEECE Jdg_6:37 . The decisive moment had come when Gideon, with his hastily gathered raw levies, was about to plunge down to the plain to face immensely superior forces trained to warfare. No wonder that the equally untrained leader’s heart heat faster. Many a soldier, who will be steadfastly brave in the actual shock of battle, has tremors and throbbings on its eve. Gideon’s hand shook a little as he drew his sword. I. Gideon’s request. His petition for a sign was not the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Judges 6:28-40

Beginning Reform at Home Judges 6:28-40 The good sense of Joash saved his son. “Of what use is Baal to us,” said he, “if he cannot take care of himself?” Gideon had stood the divine test; can you wonder that the Spirit of Jehovah, whom we know as the Holy Spirit, came upon Gideon and wrought mightily through his submitted life? Oh, to be pliant to the Spirit of Christ, as clothes to the body! With heroic courage he blew the trumpet of revolt, regardless of Midian, and at its notes the whole... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Judges 6:1-40

After the passing of these forty years, sin again brought punishment. The people passed under the oppression of Midian. It was oppression of the severest kind and lasted for seven years. A terrible picture is drawn of the people of God hiding in dens and caves and strongholds. In answer to their cry deliverance began. It came through Gideon. He is revealed as a man continuing his work with the bitterness of the whole situation burning like a fire in his bones. He was conscious of the true... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Judges 6:11-40

Gideon's Call to Conquest Judges 6:11-40 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There come times of special exigencies when God speaks to special men calling them to special service. Such a call came to Gideon, and there may come such a call to some who study with us today. In. the days of Gideon the Children of Israel had turned aside to worship Baal. The Lord had given them into the hands of Midian, and they had, in their affliction, cried unto the Lord. When they cried, the Lord heard them and raised up a... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 6:37

“ Behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor, and if there be dew on the fleece only, and if it be dry on all the ground, then will I know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said.” The thought that he had called all the tribes together made the inexperienced young man quail. What if he was making a fool of them all and of himself? Had he just dreamed what had happened? He was riddled with doubts. So he set a task for God so that He would prove whether the call... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 6:38

‘ And it was so, for he rose up early on the next day, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a dish full of water.’ God graciously provided him with the sign he requested, so much so that a whole dish full of water was wrung from the fleece while the ground was bone dry. He was promised the dew of heaven. But then he realised what a fool he had been. The fleece would naturally retain the dew, while the ground around may well have had time to dry out. He should... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 6:33-40

Judges 6:33-Matthew : . The Midianite Raid, and the Sign of the Fleece.— The broad and deep Vale of Jezreel, lying between Gilboa and Moreh, leads up from Jordan to the Great Plain. Judges 6:34 . Gideon now felt the Divine impulse— the spirit of Yahweh came upon him, lit “ clothed itself with him,” put him on like a garment, possessed him, inspired him. He then blew his trumpet to awaken others. It was his own Abiezer clansmen who answered his call, and they apparently became his famous three... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Judges 6:37

Upon all the earth beside, i.e. upon all that spot of ground which adjoineth to and encompasseth the fleece. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Judges 6:33-40

CHAPTER 6—Judges 6:33-40PREPARATIONS FOR THE CONFLICTCRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 6:33. Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites.] As to the Amalekites, see Judges 6:3, and ch. Judges 3:13. God puts a special brand on the name of Amalek. He would “blot out the remembrance of that people from under heaven” (Exodus 17:14; Exodus 17:16). They were in the line of Esau, and carried down through all their generations, a spirit of bitter and relentless malevolence, such as the elder brother at first... read more