17 They refused to listen,
And (A)did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You performed among them;
So they became stubborn and (B)appointed a leader to return to their slavery in [a]Egypt.
But You are a God (C)of forgiveness,
Gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger and abounding in [b]mercy;
And You did not abandon them.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 9:17 As in LXX and some Heb mss; MT their rebellion
  2. Nehemiah 9:17 Or faithfulness

29 And (A)admonished them in order to turn them back to Your Law.
Yet (B)they acted arrogantly and did not listen to Your commandments but sinned against Your ordinances,
(C)Which, if a person [a]follows them, then he will live by them.
And they [b](D)turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck, and would not listen.

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  1. Nehemiah 9:29 Lit does them
  2. Nehemiah 9:29 Lit gave

26 Yet they did not listen to Me or incline their ear, but (A)stiffened their neck; they (B)did more evil than their fathers.

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23 Yet they (A)did not listen or incline their ears, but (B)stiffened their necks so as not to listen or accept discipline.

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