Judges 10:9-10

10:9 The Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight with Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. ¹  Israel suffered greatly. ² 

10:10 The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord: “We have sinned against you. We abandoned our God and worshiped ³  the Baals.”

[10:9]  ¹ tn Heb “the house of Ephraim.”

[10:9]  ² tn Or “Israel experienced great distress.” Perhaps here the verb has the nuance “hemmed in.”

[10:10]  ³ tn Or “served”; or “followed.”