Nehemiah 9:26-28

International Standard Version

²⁶ “Then they disobeyed, rebelled against you,
    and threw your Law behind their backs.
They murdered your prophets
    who had admonished the people^[a] to return to you,
        committing terrible blasphemies.
²⁷ So you delivered them into the control of their enemies,
    who oppressed them.
But when they were oppressed,
    they cried out to you,
        and you heard from heaven.
In your great compassion
    you gave them deliverers who rescued them
        from the control of their enemies.

²⁸ “But after they had gained relief,
    they returned to doing evil before you.
Therefore you abandoned them to the control of their enemies,
    who continued to oppress them.
But when they came back and cried out to you,
    you listened from heaven
        and delivered them in your compassion on many occasions.