Holy Scripture
Judges 6:1
A church father on this verse
“The "land was at rest" as long as sin was at rest. But the land is said to be disturbed, meaning those who inhabit the land, when the souls of the people began to move and to dislocate in sin. This is why the text was written this way: "The land was at rest for forty years. And the sons of Israel did evil in the sight…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
1And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Midian seven years.
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In context
— Judges 6:1 —
2And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and the children of Israel made for themselves because of Midian the caves in the mountains, and the dens, and the holes in the rocks.
3And it came to pass when the children of Israel sowed, that Midian and Amalek went up, and the children of the east went up together with them.