“And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.”
Gideon answered him, 'But sir, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonderful deeds that our ancestors told us about? But now the LORD has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.' — Gideon's response challenges the angel's assertion of divine presence by pointing to Israel's desperate circumstances. His rhetorical questions ('if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened... where are all his wonderful deeds') voice the common people's spiritual doubt and despair. The accusation 'the LORD has abandoned us' reflects the profound spiritual crisis produced by prolonged oppression.
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