Nehemiah 9:29-31

Common English Bible

²⁹         You also warned them to return to your Instruction,
but they acted arrogantly and didn’t obey your commands.
        They sinned against your judgments,
            even though life comes by keeping them.^[a]
        They turned a stubborn shoulder, became headstrong, and wouldn’t obey.
³⁰ You were patient with them for many years
        and warned them by your spirit through the prophets.
But they wouldn’t listen,
        so you handed them over to the neighboring peoples.
³¹ In your great mercy, however, you didn’t make an end of them.
        Neither did you forsake them, because you are a merciful and compassionate God.