Nehemiah 9:29 Context

◄ Nehemiah 9:29 ►

You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.

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29And admonished them in order to turn them back to Your law.
         Yet they acted arrogantly and did not listen to Your commandments but sinned against Your ordinances,
         By which if a man observes them he shall live.
         And they turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck, and would not listen.

30“However, You bore with them for many years,
         And admonished them by Your Spirit through Your prophets,
         Yet they would not give ear.
         Therefore You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

31“Nevertheless, in Your great compassion You did not make an end of them or forsake them,
For You are a gracious and compassionate God.

32“Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and lovingkindness,
         Do not let all the hardship seem insignificant before You,
         Which has come upon us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers and on all Your people,
         From the days of the kings of Assyria to this day.

33“However, You are just in all that has come upon us;
For You have dealt faithfully, but we have acted wickedly.

34“For our kings, our leaders, our priests and our fathers have not kept Your law
Or paid attention to Your commandments and Your admonitions with which You have admonished them.

35“But they, in their own kingdom,
         With Your great goodness which You gave them,
         With the broad and rich land which You set before them,
         Did not serve You or turn from their evil deeds.

36“Behold, we are slaves today,
And as to the land which You gave to our fathers to eat of its fruit and its bounty,
Behold, we are slaves in it.

37“Its abundant produce is for the kings
         Whom You have set over us because of our sins;
         They also rule over our bodies
         And over our cattle as they please,
         So we are in great distress.

A Covenant Results

38“Now because of all this
We are making an agreement in writing;
And on the sealed document are the names of our leaders, our Levites and our priests.”

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