This is one of the most important features of the story: what is not told. The fact that nothing is said of the outcome proclaims: the whole incident obviously came to nothing; of course it did. Baal, as an idol, can do nothing; whatever consequence the villagers may have expected was just superstition. In this silence we hear the mocking laughter of the author and, ultimately, of God (compare Psalm 2:4). As the Lord had assigned Gideon to save Israel from the Midianites, he protected him for that purpose.
32 Et en ce jour l'on donna à Gédéon le nom de Jerubbaal, en disant: Que Baal plaide contre lui, puisqu'il a renversé son autel.