26 But they were disobedient and rebelled against you.

They flung your law behind their backss

and killed your prophetst

who warned them

in order to turn them back to you.

They committed terrible blasphemies.

27 So you handed them over to their enemies,

who oppressed them.

In their time of distress, they cried out to you,

and you heard from heaven.

In your abundant compassion

you gave them deliverers, who rescued them

from the power of their enemies.

28 But as soon as they had relief,

they again did what was evil in your sight.

So you abandoned them to the power of their enemies,

who dominated them.

When they cried out to you again,

you heard from heaven and rescued them

many times in your compassion.a

29 You warned them to turn back to your law,

but they acted arrogantly

and would not obey your commands.

They sinned against your ordinances,

which a person will live by if he does them.b

They stubbornly resisted,A

stiffened their necks, and would not obey.