Nehemiah 9:29-31

Amplified Bible

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And You admonished them and warned them to turn them back to Your law.
Yet they acted presumptuously and arrogantly and did not heed Your commandments, but sinned against Your ordinances,
Which by keeping, a man will live.
But they turned a stubborn shoulder, stiffened their neck, and would not listen.
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“Yet You were patient with them for many years,
And admonished them and warned them by Your Spirit through Your prophets;
Still they would not ^[a]listen.
Therefore You gave them into the hand (power) of the peoples of the lands.
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“Yet in Your great compassion You did not utterly destroy them or abandon them,
For You are a gracious and merciful God.