Impoverished. — The Septuagint renders it, “was reduced to pauperism.” The word implies flaccidity and helplessness, “as of a door…

And Israel was greatly impoverished, because of the Midianites ,
&c.] Were reduced very low, brought into famishing …

Israel's sin was renewed, and Israel's troubles were repeated. Let all who sin expect to suffer. The Israelites hid themselves in dens and caves; s…