Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto YY , and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of YY , in asking you a king.
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Yisrael? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?
And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
Then the men of Yisrael said unto Gidon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.
And ye have this day rejected your Elohim, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before YY by your tribes, and by your thousands.