Nehemiah 9:26–29

²⁶Nevertheless ^xthey were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and ^ycast thy law behind their backs, and ^zslew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought ^agreat provocations. ^27bTherefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to ^cthy manifold mercies thou gavest them ^dsaviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies. ²⁸But after they had rest, ^ethey did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and ^fmany times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies; ²⁹and testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they ^gdealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (^hwhich if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and ⁱhardened their neck, and would not hear.