7 So the sons of Israel did what was bad in Jehovah’s eyes, and they were forgetful of Jehovah their God+ and went serving the Baʹals+ and the sacred poles.*+

10 And they began to call to Jehovah for aid+ and say, ‘We have sinned,+ for we have left Jehovah that we might serve the Baʹals+ and the Ashʹto·reth+ images; and now deliver+ us out of the hand of our enemies, that we may serve you.’

2 “They* called them.+ To that same extent they went away from before them.*+ To the Baʹal images* they took up sacrificing,+ and to the graven images they began making sacrificial smoke.+