9. The Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight with Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. Israel suffered greatly.
10. The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord: “We have sinned against you. We abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals.”
11. The Lord said to the Israelites, “Did I not deliver you from Egypt, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines,
12. the Sidonians, Amalek, and Midian when they oppressed you? You cried out for help to me, and I delivered you from their power.
13. But since you abandoned me and worshiped other gods, I will not deliver you again.