Nehemiah 9:28-30

Common English Bible

²⁸ But after they had rest from this, they again started doing evil against you.
        So you gave them over to the power of their enemies who ruled over them.
Yet when they turned and cried to you,
        you heard from heaven and rescued them many times because of your great mercy.
²⁹         You also warned them to return to your Instruction,
but they acted arrogantly and didn’t obey your commands.
        They sinned against your judgments,
            even though life comes by keeping them.^[a]
        They turned a stubborn shoulder, became headstrong, and wouldn’t obey.
³⁰ You were patient with them for many years
        and warned them by your spirit through the prophets.
But they wouldn’t listen,
        so you handed them over to the neighboring peoples.