Judges 10
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But the Israelites said to the LORD, “We have sinned. Do with us whatever you think best, but please rescue us now.” 16 Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the LORD. And he could bear Israel’s misery no longer.
A genuine cry for mercy liberates us from expectation of how God shall deal with our sins. We appeal to His eternal characteristics of lovingkindness towards humanity—not His outward pattern of redemption.