6. Israel was very poor because of the presence of the Midianites, and the Israelites cried out to Yahweh.
7. When the Israelites cried out to Yahweh on account of the Midianites,
8. Yahweh sent a prophet to the Israelites, and he said to them, “Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel: ‘I brought you up from Egypt; I brought you from the house of slavery.