10:10 The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord: “We have sinned against you. We abandoned our God and worshiped 1 the Baals.” 10:11 The Lord said to the Israelites, “Did I not deliver you from Egypt, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines, 10:12 the Sidonians, Amalek, and Midian 2 when they oppressed you? 3 You cried out for help to me, and I delivered you from their power. 4
1 tn Or “served”; or “followed.”
2 tc The translation follows the LXX which reads “Midian”; the Hebrew text has “Maon.”
3 tn The words “Did I not deliver you” are interpretive. The Hebrew text simply reads, “Is it not from Egypt…when they oppressed you?” Perhaps the incomplete sentence reflects the
4 tn Heb “hand.”