¹⁵ Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed^(A) Benjaminite,^[a] as a deliverer for them. The Israelites sent him to Eglon king of Moab with tribute^(B) money.

⁶ So Israel became poverty-stricken because of Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the Lord.

⁷ When the Israelites cried out to Him because of Midian,

¹⁰ so they cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against You.^(A) We have abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals.”