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

11 The Lord replied, “When the Egyptians,(D) the Amorites,(E) the Ammonites,(F) the Philistines,(G) 12 the 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? 13 But you have forsaken(K) me and served other gods,(L) so I will no longer save you. 14 Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save(M) you when you are in trouble!(N)

15 But the Israelites said to the Lord, “We have sinned. Do with us whatever you think best,(O) but please rescue us now.” 16 Then 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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  1. Judges 10:12 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts Midianites

10 Then the (A)sons of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against You, for indeed, we have abandoned our God and served the Baals.” 11 And the Lord said to the sons of Israel, “Did I not save you (B)from the Egyptians, (C)the Amorites, (D)the sons of Ammon, and the Philistines? 12 And when the Sidonians, the Amalekites, and the Maonites (E)oppressed you, you cried out to Me, and I saved you from their hands. 13 Yet (F)you abandoned Me and served other gods; therefore I will no longer save you. 14 (G)Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.” 15 Then the sons of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned, (H)do to us whatever [a]seems good to You; only please save us this day.” 16 (I)So they removed the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord; and [b](J)He could no longer endure the misery of Israel.

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  1. Judges 10:15 Lit the good in Your eyes
  2. Judges 10:16 Lit His soul became impatient with the misery