Judges 8:7 meaning and explanation

“Very well,” Gideon replied, “when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness!”

Judges 8:7, Berean Standard Bible

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Gideon speaks to the leaders of Succoth, an Israelite town east of the Jordan, while he and his exhausted three hundred men pursue the Midianite kings Zebah and Zalmunna. The leaders had refused bread to his troops, mocking him with the question of whether he already held the kings in his grasp.

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