⁸ who that year shattered and crushed them. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites on the east side of the Jordan in Gilead,^(A) the land of the Amorites. ⁹ The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah,^(B) Benjamin and Ephraim;^(C) Israel was in great distress. ¹⁰ Then the Israelites cried^(D) out to the Lord, “We have sinned^(E) against you, forsaking our God and serving the Baals.”^(F)