Judges 10:6–16

Israel’s Rebellion and Repentance

⁶Then the Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. ^tThey worshiped the Baals and the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and the Philistines. ^uThey abandoned Yahweh and did not worship Him. ^v7So the Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and He sold them to ^wthe Philistines and the Ammonites. ^x8They shattered and crushed the Israelites that year, and for 18 years they did the same to all the Israelites who were on the other side of the Jordan ^yin the land of the Amorites ^zin Gilead. ⁹The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim. Israel was greatly oppressed, ¹⁰so they cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against You. ^aWe have abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals.”

¹¹The Lord said to the Israelites, “When the Egyptians, ^bAmorites, Ammonites, Philistines, ¹²Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites ^cdoppressed you, and you cried out to Me, did I not deliver you from their power? ¹³But you have abandoned Me and worshiped other gods. Therefore, I will not deliver you again. ¹⁴Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. ^eLet them deliver you in the time of your oppression.”

¹⁵But the Israelites said, “We have sinned. Deal with us as You see fit; ^fonly deliver us ^gtoday!” ¹⁶So they got rid of the foreign gods ^hamong them and worshiped the Lord, ⁱand He became weary ^jof Israel’s misery.