Nehemiah 9:26-31 NIV  26 "But they were disobedient and rebelled
against you; they put your law behind their backs.1 They killed2
your prophets,3 who had admonished them in order to turn them
back to you; they committed awful blasphemies.4  References for
Nehemiah 9:26  27 So you handed them over to their enemies,5 who
oppressed them. But when they were oppressed they cried out to
you. From heaven you heard them, and in your great compassion6
you gave them deliverers,7 who rescued them from the hand of
their enemies.  References for Nehemiah 9:27  28 "But as soon as
they were at rest, they again did what was evil in your sight.8
Then you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies so that
they ruled over them. And when they cried out to you again, you
heard from heaven, and in your compassion9 you delivered them10
time after time.  References for Nehemiah 9:28  29 "You warned11
them to return to your law, but they became arrogant12 and
disobeyed your commands. They sinned against your ordinances, by
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