25 (A)They captured fortified cities and a [a](B)fertile land.
They took possession of (C)houses full of every good thing,
Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves,
Fruit trees in abundance.
So they ate, were filled and (D)grew fat,
And (E)reveled in Your great goodness.

26 (F)But they became disobedient and rebelled against You,
And (G)cast Your law behind their backs
And (H)killed Your prophets who had (I)admonished them
So that they might return to You,
And (J)they committed great [b]blasphemies.
27 “Therefore You (K)delivered them into the hand of their oppressors who oppressed them,
But when they cried to You (L)in the time of their distress,
You heard from heaven, and according to Your great compassion
You (M)gave them deliverers who delivered them from the hand of their oppressors.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 9:25 Lit fat
  2. Nehemiah 9:26 Lit acts of contempt

25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land;(A) they took possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things,(B) wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. They ate to the full and were well-nourished;(C) they reveled in your great goodness.(D)

26 “But they were disobedient and rebelled against you; they turned their backs on your law.(E) They killed(F) your prophets,(G) who had warned them in order to turn them back to you; they committed awful blasphemies.(H) 27 So you delivered them into the hands of their enemies,(I) who oppressed them. But when they were oppressed they cried out to you. From heaven you heard them, and in your great compassion(J) you gave them deliverers,(K) who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.

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