Nehemiah 9:26–29

^26y“Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against you ^zand cast your law behind their back ^aand killed your prophets, who ^bhad warned them in order to turn them back to you, ^cand they committed great blasphemies. ^27dTherefore you gave them into the hand of their enemies, who made them suffer. ^eAnd in the time of their suffering they cried out to you and you heard them from heaven, and according to your great mercies you gave them ^fsaviors who saved them from the hand of their enemies. ^28gBut after they had rest they did evil again before you, and you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so that they had dominion over them. Yet when they turned and cried to you, you heard from heaven, ^hand many times you delivered them according to your mercies. ^29bAnd you warned them in order to turn them back to your law. Yet ⁱthey acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments, but sinned against your rules, ^jwhich if a person does them, he shall live by them, ^kand they turned a stubborn shoulder ^land stiffened their neck and would not obey.