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Israel's Apostasy and Oppression

Judges 10:6-18

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Chapter 10
6 And the sons of Israel added to do evil in the eyes of the LORD, and they served the Baals and the Ashtaroth and the gods of Aram and the gods of Sidon and the gods of Moab and the gods of the sons of Ammon and the gods of the Philistines. And they abandoned the LORD and did not serve him. 7 And the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the sons of Ammon. 8 And they oppressed and crushed the sons of Israel for eighteen years—the sons of Israel who were across the Jordan in the land of the Amorite, which was in Gilead. 9 The sons of Ammon crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah and Benjamin and the house of Ephraim, and they oppressed Israel greatly. 10 And the sons of Israel cried out to the LORD, saying, "We have sinned against you, for we have abandoned our God and served the Baals." 11 The LORD said to the sons of Israel, “Did I not deliver you from Egypt and from the Amorites and from the sons of Ammon and from the Philistines?” 12 The Sidonians and Amalek and Maon oppressed you, and you cried out to me, and I saved you from their hand. 13 And you abandoned me and served other gods; therefore I will not save you anymore. 14 Go and cry out to the gods whom you chose them for; they will save you in the time of your distress. 15 The sons of Israel said to the LORD, "We have sinned. Do to us what is good in your eyes. But please deliver us today." 16 And they removed the foreign gods from their midst and served the LORD, and his soul grew short in the toil of Israel. 17 The sons of Ammon cried out and encamped in Gilead, and the sons of Israel gathered and encamped at Mizpah. 18 And the people, the rulers of Gilead, said one man to his fellow, "Who is the man who will begin to fight against the sons of Ammon? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."