Nehemiah 9:27-29

International Children’s Bible

²⁷ So you allowed their enemies to defeat them.
    Their enemies treated them badly.
But in this time of trouble our ancestors cried out to you.
    And you heard from heaven.
You had great mercy.
    You gave them saviors who saved them from the power of their enemies.
²⁸ But as soon as they had rest,
    they again did what was evil.
So you left them to their enemies
    who ruled over them.
But they cried out to you again.
    And you heard from heaven.
    Because of your mercy, you saved them again and again.
²⁹ You warned them to return to obeying your teachings.
    But they were proud. They did not obey your commands.
If a man obeys your laws, he will live.
    But they sinned against your laws.
They were stubborn and disobedient.
    They would not listen.