So it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them;
      III. Israel's sense of God's hand revived at last. Seven years, year after year, did the Midianites make these inroads upon them, each we may suppose worse than the other (Judges 5:1; Judges 5:1), until at last, all other succours failing, Israel cried unto the Lord (Judges 5:6; Judges 5:6), for crying to Baal ruined them, and would not help them. When God judges he will overcome; and sinners shall be made either to bend or break before him.