Nehemiah 9:26-28

Good News Translation

²⁶^(A)“But your people rebelled and disobeyed you;
    they turned their backs on your Law.
They killed the prophets who warned them,
    who told them to turn back to you.
They insulted you time after time,
²⁷    so you let their enemies conquer and rule them.
In their trouble they called to you for help,
    and you answered them from heaven.
In your great mercy you sent them leaders
    who rescued them from their foes.
²⁸When peace returned, they sinned again,
    and again you let their enemies conquer them.
Yet when they repented and asked you to save them,
    in heaven you heard, and time after time
    you rescued them in your great mercy.