Neh 9:27-38 | ESV | STEP | Therefore you gave them into the hand of their enemies , who made them suffer . And in the time of their suffering they cried out to you and you heard them from heaven , and according to your great mercies you gave them saviors who saved them from the hand of their enemies .

27 ^aTherefore you gave them into the hand of their enemies, who made them suffer. ^bAnd in the time of their suffering they cried out to you and you heard them from heaven, and according to your great mercies you gave them ^csaviors who saved them from the hand of their enemies. 28 ^dBut after they had rest they did evil again before you, and you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so that they had dominion over them. Yet when they turned and cried to you, you heard from heaven, ^eand many times you delivered them according to your mercies. 29 ^fAnd you warned them in order to turn them back to your law. Yet ^gthey acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments, but sinned against your rules, ^hwhich if a person does them, he shall live by them, ⁱand they turned a stubborn shoulder ^jand stiffened their neck and would not obey. 30 Many years ^kyou bore with them ^land warned them ^mby your Spirit through your prophets. ⁿYet they would not give ear. ^oTherefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands. 31 Nevertheless, ^pin your great mercies ^qyou did not make an end of them or forsake them, ^rfor you are a gracious and merciful God.

32 “Now, therefore, our God, ^sthe great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love, let not all the hardship seem little to you that has come upon us, upon our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers, and all your people, ^tsince the time of the kings of Assyria until this day. 33 ^uYet you have been righteous in all that has come upon us, for you have dealt faithfully ^vand 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, ^wand amid your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and ^xrich land that you set before them, ^ythey did not serve you or turn from their wicked works. 36 Behold, ^zwe are slaves this day; in the land that you gave to our fathers to enjoy its fruit and its good gifts, behold, we are slaves. 37 ^aaAnd its rich yield goes to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and over our livestock as they please, and we are in great distress.

38 ^{▼▼Ch 10:1 in Hebrew} “Because of all this ^acwe make a firm covenant in writing; on ^adthe sealed document are the names of ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks the names of} our princes, our Levites, and our priests.