¹⁰ They cried^(A) out to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned; we have forsaken^(B) the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths.^(C) But now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve you.’

²⁰ “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “You have done all this evil;^(A) yet do not turn away from the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.

²⁴ But be sure to fear^(A) the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart;^(B) consider^(C) what great^(D) things he has done for you.

²³ “Now then,” said Joshua, “throw away the foreign gods^(A) that are among you and yield your hearts^(B) to the Lord, the God of Israel.”

⁶ Midian so impoverished the Israelites that they cried out^(A) to the Lord for help.

⁷ When the Israelites cried out^(B) to the Lord because of Midian, ⁸ he sent them a prophet,^(C) who said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt,^(D) out of the land of slavery.^{(E) 9} I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians. And I delivered you from the hand of all your oppressors;^(F) I drove them out before you and gave you their land.^{(G) 10} I said to you, ‘I am the Lord your God; do not worship^(H) the gods of the Amorites,^(I) in whose land you live.’ But you have not listened to me.”