Nehemiah 9:16-18
Christian Standard Bible
16 But our ancestors acted arrogantly;
they became stiff-necked and did not listen to your commands.
17 They refused to listen
and did not remember your wonders
you performed among them.(A)
They became stiff-necked and appointed a leader
to return to their slavery in Egypt.[a](B)
But you are a forgiving God,
gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and abounding in faithful love,(C)
and you did not abandon them.
18 Even after they had cast an image of a calf
for themselves and said,
“This is your god who brought you out of Egypt,”(D)
and they had committed terrible blasphemies,
Footnotes
- 9:17 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read in their rebellion
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