²⁷ I have not sinned against you, but you are sinning against me by making war on me. May the Lord, the Judge, decide today whether the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] or the Ammonites [^Lsons/descendants of Ammon] are right.”

²⁸ But the king of the ·Ammonites [^Lsons/descendants of Ammon] ·ignored [would not listen to] this message from Jephthah.