26 “But they were disobedient and turned against you. They ignored your teachings. Your prophets warned them to come back to you. But they killed those prophets. And they spoke against you.

27 So you allowed their enemies to defeat them. Their enemies treated them badly. But in this time of trouble our ancestors cried out to you. And you heard from heaven. You had great mercy. You gave them saviors who saved them from the power of their enemies.

28 But as soon as they had rest, they again did what was evil. So you left them to their enemies who ruled over them. But they cried out to you again. And you heard from heaven. Because of your mercy, you saved them again and again.