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The Ammonites also crossed to the west side of the Jordan and attacked Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. The Israelites were in great distress.
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Finally, they cried out to the LORD for help, saying, “We have sinned against you because we have abandoned you as our God and have served the images of Baal.”
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The LORD replied, “Did I not rescue you from the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines,
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the Sidonians, the Amalekites, and the Maonites? When they oppressed you, you cried out to me for help, and I rescued you.
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Yet you have abandoned me and served other gods. So I will not rescue you anymore.