3 And the sons of Israel began to cry out to Jehovah,+ because he had nine hundred war chariots with iron scythes,*+ and he himself oppressed the sons of Israel+ with harshness twenty years.
10 And the sons of Israel began to call to Jehovah for aid,+ saying: “We have sinned+ against you, because we have left our God and we serve the Baʹals.”+
12 And as soon as it caused him distress,+ he softened the face of Jehovah his God+ and kept humbling+ himself greatly because of the God of his forefathers.