Nehemiah 9:26-29
Read Nehemiah 9 in full →26“aBut they became disobedient and rebelled against You,And bcast Your law behind their backsAnd ckilled Your prophets who had dtestified to themSo that they might return to You,And ethey 1committed great 2blasphemies.27“Therefore You agave them into the hand of the ones who distressed them, and they afflicted them with distress,But bat the time of their distress they cried to You,And You listened from heaven, and according to Your abundant compassionYou cgave them saviors and they saved them from the hand of the ones that distressed them.28“But aas soon as they had rest, they returned to do evil before You;Therefore You forsook them in the hand of their enemies, so they had dominion over them.Then they returned and cried to You. And You listened from heaven,And bmany times You delivered them according to Your compassion,29And atestified to them in order to turn them back to Your law.Yet bthey acted presumptuously and did not listen to Your commandments but sinned against Your judgments,By cwhich if a man does them, he shall live.And they dgave a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck, and would not listen.