⁴ But in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him,^(A) and he was found by them. ⁵ In those days it was not safe to travel about,^(B) for all the inhabitants of the lands were in great turmoil. ⁶ One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another,^(C) because God was troubling them with every kind of distress.