Nehemiah 9:36-38

International Children’s Bible

³⁶ “Look, we are slaves today
    in the land you gave our ancestors.
They were to enjoy its fruit and its good things.
    But look, we are slaves here.
³⁷ The land’s great harvest belongs to the kings you have put over us.
    This is because of our sins.
Those kings rule over us and our cattle as they please.
    And we are in much trouble.