But you have forsaken me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you. Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble!”
But the Israelites said to the LORD, “We have sinned. Do with us whatever you think best, but please rescue us now.” Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the LORD. And he could bear Israel’s misery no longer. - Judges 10:13-16 NIV
The only consistent thing about Israel's relationship with God was their inconstancy. As a result, their fortunes waxed and waned depending on who was in leadership. It was only natural that their periods of prosperity would become shorter and shorter as their attention to God and his requirements became less and less. Their concentration was on the power of their enemies and the ineffective gods they had surrounded themselves with, not on God and his protection. What is it like to live in such a time, when the minute you put one leader in place, you realize that he cannot save you and you immediately start looking around for the next golden boy who will be your savior? What is it like to be totally reliant on other gods, gods who have no power to save? It might look a little like our situation today.
"Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble!"
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