Bible Verses About Midianites: Allowed to oppress Israel

And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord: and he delivered them into the hand of Madian seven years,

And they were grievously oppressed by them. And they made themselves dens and caves in the mountains, and strong holds to resist.

And when Israel had sown, Madian and Amalec, and the rest of the eastern nations, came up:

And pitching their tents among them, wasted all things as they were in the blade, even to the entrance of Gaza: and they left nothing at all in Israel for sustenance of life, nor sheep, nor oxen, nor asses.

For they and all their flocks came with their tents, and like locusts filled all places, an innumerable multitude of men, and of camels, wasting whatsoever they touched.

And Israel was humbled exceedingly in the sight of Madian.