Ezr 9:7, Neh 9:16-18, 26, 33-35, Psa 106:16-21, 28, 32-40, Jer 3:25 | ESV | STEP | From the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great guilt . And for our iniquities we, our kings , and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands , to the sword , to captivity , to plundering , and to utter shame , as it is today .

7 ^aFrom the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great ^bguilt. And for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plundering, ^cand to utter shame, as it is today.

Nehemiah 9:16-18

16 “But they and our fathers ^dacted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey your commandments. 17 They refused to obey ^eand were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to forgive, ^fgracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them. 18 Even ^gwhen they had made for themselves a golden ^{▼▼Hebrew metal} calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ ⁱand had committed great blasphemies,

Nehemiah 9:26

26 ^j“Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against you ^kand cast your law behind their back ^land killed your prophets, who ^mhad warned them in order to turn them back to you, ⁿand they committed great blasphemies.

Nehemiah 9:33-35

33 ^oYet you have been righteous in all that has come upon us, for you have dealt faithfully ^pand we have acted wickedly. 34 Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law or paid attention to your commandments and your warnings that you gave them. 35 Even in their own kingdom, ^qand amid your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and ^rrich land that you set before them, ^sthey did not serve you or turn from their wicked works.

Psalms 106:16-21

16 When men in the camp ^twere jealous of Moses
and Aaron, ^uthe holy one of the Lord,
17 ^vthe earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
and covered the company of Abiram.
18 ^wFire also broke out in their company;
the flame burned up the wicked.
19 They ^xmade a calf in Horeb
and worshiped a metal image.
20 They ^yexchanged the glory of God ^{▼▼Hebrew exchanged their glory}
for the image of an ox that eats grass.
21 They ^aaforgot God, their Savior,
who had done great things in Egypt,

Psalms 106:28

28 Then they ^abyoked themselves to the ^acBaal of Peor,
and ate sacrifices offered to ^adthe dead;

Psalms 106:32-40

32 They ^aeangered him at the waters of Meribah,
and it went ill with Moses on their account,
33 for they ^afmade his spirit bitter, ^{▼▼Or they rebelled against God’s Spirit}
and he ^ahspoke rashly with his lips.
34 They did not ^aidestroy the peoples,
^ajas the Lord commanded them,
35 but they ^akmixed with the nations
and learned to do as they did.
36 They served their idols,
which became ^ala snare to them.
37 They ^amsacrificed their sons
and their daughters to ^anthe demons;
38 they poured out innocent blood,
the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and the land was ^aopolluted with blood.
39 Thus they ^apbecame unclean by their acts,
and ^aqplayed the whore in their deeds.
40 Then ^arthe anger of the Lord was kindled against ^ashis people,
and he abhorred his ^atheritage;

Jeremiah 3:25

25 ^auLet us lie down in our shame, and let our dishonor cover us. For ^avwe have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.”