6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord.
6 Midian so impoverished the Israelites that they cried out to the Lord for help.
6 And Israel was brought very low because of Midian. And the people of Israel cried out for help to the Lord.
6 The People of Israel, reduced to grinding poverty by Midian, cried out to God for help.
6 So Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites, and the children of Israel cried out to the Lord.
6 So Israel was reduced to starvation by the Midianites. Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 6:6
Commentary on Judges 6:1-6
(Read Judges 6:1-6)
Israel's sin was renewed, and Israel's troubles were repeated. Let all that sin expect to suffer. The Israelites hid themselves in dens and caves; such was the effect of a guilty conscience. Sin dispirits men. The invaders left no food for Israel, except what was taken into the caves. They prepared that for Baal with which God should have been served, now God justly sends an enemy to take it away in the season thereof.