Nehemiah 9:26–29

²⁶“^aBut they became disobedient and rebelled against You,

And ^bcast Your law behind their backs

And ^ckilled Your prophets who had ^dadmonished them

So that they might return to You,

And ^ethey committed great ¹blasphemies.

²⁷“Therefore You ^adelivered them into the hand of their oppressors who oppressed them,

But when they cried to You ^bin the time of their distress,

You heard from heaven, and according to Your great compassion

You ^cgave them deliverers who delivered them from the hand of their oppressors.

²⁸“But ^aas soon as they had rest, they did evil again before You;

Therefore You abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so that they ruled over them.

When they cried again to You, You heard from heaven,

And ^bmany times You rescued them according to Your compassion,

²⁹And ^aadmonished them in order to turn them back to Your law.

Yet ^bthey acted arrogantly and did not listen to Your commandments but sinned against Your ordinances,

By ^cwhich if a man observes them he shall live.

And they ^1dturned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck, and would not listen.