Nehemiah 9:27-29
New Catholic Bible
27 Therefore, you delivered them
into the power of their enemies
who caused them to suffer greatly.
But when they would cry out to you
in the midst of their oppression,
from heaven you heard them,
and in your great compassion
you would send them saviors
to deliver them from the clutches
of their oppressors.
28 “However, after some respite,
they would resume their evil deeds,
and so the Lord abandoned them to their enemies
who then became their rulers.
When once again they appealed to you,
you heard them from heaven,
and because of your compassion
you rescued them on many occasions.
29 You solemnly warned them
in order to bring them back to your law.
However, they became arrogant
and refused to obey your commandments,
and they sinned against your ordinances
whose observance would bring life
to those who keep them.
Rather they stubbornly turned aside,
and in their obstinacy they refused to obey.