⁴ but when in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.^{(A) 5} In those times it was not safe for anyone to go or come, for great disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands.^{(B) 6} They were broken in pieces, nation against nation and city against city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress.^(C)