They vexed and oppressed the children of Israel that year: eighteen years [oppressed they] all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
We need to understand God’s promise to deliver the Israelites "no more" (Judges 10:13) as conditional. He did deliver the nation later (ch. 11; cf. Exodus 32:14). Judges 10:13-14 reveal God’s "tough love" for Israel (cf. Judges 2:3; Judges 6:8-10).