Judges 11:6-8

Good News Translation

⁶ They told him, “Come and lead us, so that we can fight the Ammonites.”

⁷ But Jephthah answered, “You hated me so much that you forced me to leave my father's house. Why come to me now that you're in trouble?”

⁸ They said to Jephthah, “We are turning to you now because we want you to go with us and fight the Ammonites and lead all the people of Gilead.”