Nehemiah 9:27-29

New Catholic Bible

²⁷ Therefore, you delivered them
    into the power of their enemies
    who caused them to suffer greatly.
But when they would cry out to you
    in the midst of their oppression,
from heaven you heard them,
    and in your great compassion
you would send them saviors
    to deliver them from the clutches
    of their oppressors.
²⁸ “However, after some respite,
    they would resume their evil deeds,
and so the Lord abandoned them to their enemies
    who then became their rulers.
When once again they appealed to you,
    you heard them from heaven,
and because of your compassion
    you rescued them on many occasions.
²⁹ You solemnly warned them
    in order to bring them back to your law.
However, they became arrogant
    and refused to obey your commandments,
and they sinned against your ordinances
    whose observance would bring life
    to those who keep them.
Rather they stubbornly turned aside,
    and in their obstinacy they refused to obey.