Nehemiah 9:28-30

Good News Translation

²⁸ When peace returned, they sinned again,
    and again you let their enemies conquer them.
Yet when they repented and asked you to save them,
    in heaven you heard, and time after time
    you rescued them in your great mercy.
^29 (A)You warned them to obey your teachings,
    but in pride they rejected your laws,
    although keeping your Law is the way to life.
Hard-headed and stubborn, they refused to obey.
^30 (B)Year after year you patiently warned them.
You inspired your prophets to speak,
    but your people were deaf,
    so you let them be conquered by other nations.