They cried to Yahweh, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Yahweh, and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.
But if you serve the Lord he will not forsake you for his great name's sake; because it has pleased the Lord to make you his people ( 1 Samuel 12:22 ).