Nehemiah 9:26-28

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²⁶ “But they were disobedient and ·turned [rebelled] against you
    and ·ignored [turned their backs on] your ·teachings [laws; instructions; ^LTorah].
Your prophets ·warned [admonished] them to come back to you,
    but they killed those prophets
    and ·spoke against you [^Lcommitted great blasphemies].
²⁷ So you handed them over to their ·enemies [oppressors],
    and their ·enemies treated them badly [oppressors oppressed them].
But in this time of ·trouble [distress; suffering; misery] ·our ancestors [^Lthey] cried out to you,
    and you heard from heaven.
You had great ·mercy [compassion]
    and gave them ·saviors [liberators; ^Tdeliverers] who ·saved [rescued] them from the ·power [hand] of their ·enemies [oppressors].
²⁸ But as soon as they had ·rest [peace],
    they again ·did what was [committed] evil.
So you ·left [abandoned; deserted; forsook] them to [^Lthe hand of] their ·enemies [oppressors]
    who ·ruled over [conquered; oppressed] them.
When they cried out to you again,
    you heard from heaven.
    Because of your ·mercy [compassion], you ·saved them again [rescued them time] and again.