Ezr 9:8-9, 13-15, Neh 9:31, Psa 78:38, 106:45, Eze 20:8-9, 13-14, 21 | ESV | STEP | But now for a brief moment favor has been shown by the Lord our God , to leave us a remnant and to give us a secure hold within his holy place , that our God may brighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our slavery .

8 But now for a brief moment favor has been shown by the Lord our God, to leave us a ^aremnant and to give us a ^bsecure hold ^{▼▼Hebrew nail, or tent-pin} within his holy place, that our God may ^dbrighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our slavery. 9 ^eFor we are slaves. Yet our God has not forsaken us in our slavery, ^fbut has extended to us his steadfast love before the kings of Persia, to grant us some reviving to set up the house of our God, to repair its ruins, and to give us protection ^{▼▼Hebrew a wall} in Judea and Jerusalem.

Ezra 9:13-15

13 And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for ^hour great guilt, seeing that you, our ⁱGod, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a ^jremnant as this, 14 shall we break your commandments again and ^kintermarry with the peoples who practice these abominations? Would you not be angry with us ^luntil you consumed us, so that there should be no ^mremnant, nor any to escape? 15 O Lord, the God of Israel, you are just, for we are left a ⁿremnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our ^oguilt, ^pfor none can stand before you because of this.”

Nehemiah 9:31

31 Nevertheless, ^qin your great mercies ^ryou did not make an end of them or forsake them, ^sfor you are a gracious and merciful God.

Psalms 78:38

38 Yet he, being ^tcompassionate,
^uatoned for their iniquity
and did not destroy them;
he restrained his anger often
and did not stir up all his wrath.

Psalms 106:45

45 For their sake he ^vremembered his covenant,
and ^wrelented according to ^xthe abundance of his steadfast love.

Ezekiel 20:8-9

8 ^yBut they rebelled against me and were not willing to listen to me. ^zNone of them cast away the detestable things their eyes feasted on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt.

“Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them ^aaand spend my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. 9 ^abBut I acted ^acfor the sake of my name, ^adthat it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, ^aein whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 20:13-14

13 ^afBut the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. ^agThey did not walk in my statutes but rejected my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live; ^ahand my Sabbaths they greatly profaned.

^ai“Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to make a full end of them. 14 But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, ^ajin whose sight I had brought them out.

Ezekiel 20:21

21 ^akBut the children ^alrebelled against me. ^amThey did not walk in my statutes and were not careful to obey my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live; they profaned my Sabbaths.

^an“Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them and spend my anger against them in the wilderness.