Nehemiah 9:30-32

New Catholic Bible

³⁰ “You were patient with them for many years
    and warned them by your spirit
    through the prophets.
However, when they continued to refuse to listen,
    you put them at the mercy
    of the people of other lands.
³¹ Yet even so, because of your great compassion,
    you did not completely destroy them,
nor did you forsake them,
    for you are a gracious and merciful God.
³² “Therefore, O our God,
    you are great, mighty, and awesome,
    maintaining the covenant and your faithful love.
Do not treat lightly,
    as something of little account,
these hardships that have afflicted us,
    our kings, our princes, our priests,
    our prophets and all your people,
from the days of the kings of Assyria
    until this very day.