Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, "If you return to the Lord with all your heart, remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your hearts to the Lord and serve Him alone; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines."Again, we see the promise of salvation. God did not ask for some kind of major recompense, or days of mourning, or send a plague as judgment. All he asked is that the people turn back to him.
I'm not saying that that change was without cost. They had to give up their crutches, the idols they had thought would be their relief. Now all they can have is God, and they have to trust that He is enough for all they require. That is still a huge cost today, and I have no doubt it was just as great back then.
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