Judges 10:8-16

Leeser(i) 8 And they afflicted and oppressed the children of Israel that year; and for eighteen years all the children of Israel that were on the other side of the Jordan in the land of the Emorites, which is in Gil’ad. 9 And the children of ‘Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sorely distressed. 10 And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, saying, We have sinned against thee, because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Be’alim. 11 And the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Behold I delivered you from the Egyptians, and from the Emorites, from the children of ‘Ammon, and from the Philistines. 12 And when the Zidonians, and the ‘Amalekites, and the Ma’onites did oppress you, and ye cried to me, I delivered you also out of their hand. 13 And yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods; wherefore I will deliver you no more. 14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let these deliver you in the time of your tribulation. 15 And the children of Israel said unto the Lord, We have sinned: do thou unto us entirely as it seemeth good in thy eyes; only deliver us, we pray thee, this time. 16 And they put away the strange gods from their midst, and served the Lord; and his soul was grieved for the trouble of Israel.