Anguish (6:1–10)

My immediate devotional response to reading: We leave God, and we are often guilty of unfaithfulness, even when God remains faithful. But in our unfaithfulness, God still remembers us. We must remember God.

Once again, the Israelites turn to idolatry and anger the Lord. God allows the cruel Midianites to oppress the Israelites for seven years. A prophet sternly reminds the people that sin has caused their suffering.