Judges 10:10-16

New International Version

¹⁰Then the Israelites cried^(A) out to the Lord, “We have sinned^(B) against you, forsaking our God and serving the Baals.”^(C)

¹¹The Lord replied, “When the Egyptians,^(D) the Amorites,^(E) the Ammonites,^(F) the Philistines,^(G) ¹²the Sidonians, the Amalekites^(H) and the Maonites^[a]^(I) oppressed you^(J) and you cried to me for help, did I not save you from their hands? ¹³But you have forsaken^(K) me and served other gods,^(L) so I will no longer save you. ¹⁴Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save^(M) you when you are in trouble!^(N)”

¹⁵But the Israelites said to the Lord, “We have sinned. Do with us whatever you think best,^(O) but please rescue us now.” ¹⁶Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the Lord.^(P) And he could bear Israel’s misery^(Q) no longer.^(R)

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Footnotes

Judges 10:12 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts Midianites

Judges 10:10-16

International Standard Version

¹⁰Then the Israelis cried out to the Lord and told him,^[a] “We have sinned against you because we have abandoned our God to serve the Baals.”

¹¹The Lord replied to the Israelis, “Aren’t you away from the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Ammonites, and the Philistines? ¹²And when the Sidonians, the Amalekites, and the Maonites harassed you, you cried out to me, and I delivered you from under their domination. ¹³But you have abandoned me and served other gods. Therefore I will no longer be delivering you. ¹⁴Go and cry out to the gods that you have chosen for yourselves. Let them deliver you in your time of trouble.”

¹⁵The Israelis replied to the Lord, “We have sinned, so do to us anything that’s right to do in your opinion, just please deliver us right now.” ¹⁶When they put away their foreign gods and served the Lord, he brought Israel’s misery to an end.

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