Nehemiah 9:16-18

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁶ “But they, our fathers, ^(A)acted arrogantly;
They ^[a](B)became stubborn and would not listen to Your commandments.
¹⁷ “They refused to listen,
And ^(C)did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You had performed among them;
So they became stubborn and ^(D)appointed a leader to return to their slavery ^[b]in Egypt.
But You are a God ^(E)of forgiveness,
Gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness;
And You did not forsake them.
¹⁸ “Even when they ^(F)made for themselves
A calf of molten metal
And said, ‘This is your God
Who brought you up from Egypt,’
And committed great ^[c]blasphemies,