Charles Ellicott Commentary Judges 6:13

"And Gideon said unto him, Oh, my lord, if Jehovah is with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not Jehovah bring us up from Egypt? but now Jehovah hath cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian." — Judges 6:13 (ASV)

Oh my Lord. —The title here is only one of courtesy (adoni, like kurie; “sir” in John 20:19, and other passages), because Gideon only saw in the angel a stranger seated beneath the terebinth that overshadowed the rock-hewn wine-vat in which he was working.

Why then has all this happened to us? —See Deuteronomy 31:17: “Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?” The words “all this” sound like an echo of Gideon’s gloomy thoughts—the thoughts of his country and his brothers, which had been darkening his soul amid his hard toil. “A mighty indication of God’s favour to me that I am forced to use this wine-press instead of a threshing-floor” (Jos.).

Where are all his miracles? —See Psalm 78:12; Psalms 89:49.

The Lord has forsaken us. —See Psalm 13:1; 2 Chronicles 15:2: “If ye forsake him, he will forsake you.”