10 so they cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against you.(A) We have abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals.”

11 The Lord said to the Israelites, “When the Egyptians,(B) Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines, 12 Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites[a](C) oppressed you, and you cried out to me, did I not deliver you from them? 13 But you have abandoned me and worshiped other gods. Therefore, I will not deliver you again. 14 Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen.(D) Let them deliver you whenever you are oppressed.”

15 But the Israelites said, “We have sinned. Deal with us as you see fit; only rescue us(E) today!” 16 So they got rid of the foreign gods(F) among them and worshiped the Lord,(G) and he became weary(H) of Israel’s misery.

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  1. 10:12 LXX reads Midianites

10 Then the Israelites[a] cried out to Yahweh, saying, “We have sinned against you; we have abandoned our God and served the Baals.” 11 And Yahweh said to the Israelites,[b]Did I not deliver you from the Egyptians,[c] the Amorites,[d] from the Ammonites,[e] and from the Philistines?[f] 12 And when the Sidonians, the Amalekites,[g] and the Maonites[h] oppressed you, you cried out to me, and I delivered you from their hand. 13 Yet you have abandoned me and served other gods. Therefore I will no longer deliver you. 14 Go and cry out to the gods whom you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your trouble.” 15 And the Israelites[i] said to Yahweh, “We have sinned; do to us accordingly as you see fit;[j] only please deliver us this day.” 16 So they removed the foreign gods from their midst and served Yahweh; and he could no longer bear[k] the misery of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 10:10 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Judges 10:11 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  3. Judges 10:11 Hebrew “from Egypt”
  4. Judges 10:11 Hebrew “Amorite”
  5. Judges 10:11 Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
  6. Judges 10:11 Hebrew “Philistine”
  7. Judges 10:12 Hebrew “Amalekite”
  8. Judges 10:12 Hebrew “Maonite”
  9. Judges 10:15 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  10. Judges 10:15 Literally “do to us according to the good in your eyes”
  11. Judges 10:16 Literally “his soul was short with”