Judges 8:5-7

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⁵ He asked the men of Succoth for food. “We are weary from chasing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian,” he said.

⁶ But the leaders of Succoth replied, “You haven’t caught them yet!^[a] If we feed you and you fail, they’ll return and destroy us.”

⁷ Then Gideon warned them, “When the Lord has delivered them to us, I will return and tear your flesh with the thorns and briars of the wilderness.”