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Nehemiah 9:27-38

27 So you handed them over to their enemies, who oppressed them. But when they were oppressed they cried out to you. From heaven you heard them, and in your great compassion you gave them deliverers, who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.

28 “But as soon as they were at rest, they again did what was evil in your sight. 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 compassion you delivered them time after time.

29 “You warned them to return to your law, but they became arrogant and disobeyed your commands. They sinned against your ordinances, by which a man will live if he obeys them. Stubbornly they turned their backs on you, became stiff-necked and refused to listen.

30 For many years you were patient with them. By your Spirit you admonished them through your prophets. Yet they paid no attention, so you handed them over to the neighboring peoples.

31 But in your great mercy you did not put an end to them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.

32 “Now therefore, O our God, the great, mighty and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love, do not let all this hardship seem trifling in your eyes—the hardship that has come upon us, upon our kings and leaders, upon our priests and prophets, upon our fathers and all your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.

33 In all that has happened to us, you have been just; you have acted faithfully, while we did wrong.

34 Our kings, our leaders, our priests and our fathers did not follow your law; they did not pay attention to your commands or the warnings you gave them.

35 Even while they were in their kingdom, enjoying your great goodness to them in the spacious and fertile land you gave them, they did not serve you or turn from their evil ways.

36 “But see, we are slaves today, slaves in the land you gave our forefathers so they could eat its fruit and the other good things it produces.

37 Because of our sins, its abundant harvest goes to the kings you have placed over us. They rule over our bodies and our cattle as they please. We are in great distress.

38 The Agreement of the People
“In view of all this, we are making a binding agreement, putting it in writing, and our leaders, our Levites and our priests are affixing their seals to it.”

Cross References for Nehemiah 9:27-38

Isaiah 63:7 - Praise and Prayer I will tell of the kindnesses of the Lord, the deeds for which he is to be pr... Click to read the verse Isaiah 63:7 Click to read the verse Isaiah 63:7

Judges 2:18 - Whenever the Lord raised up a judge for them, he was with the judge and saved them out of the h... Click to read the verse Judges 2:18 Click to read the verse Judges 2:18

Nehemiah 9:19 - “Because of your great compassion you did not abandon them in the desert. By day the pillar of ... Click to read the verse Nehemiah 9:19 Click to read the verse Nehemiah 9:19

Judges 2:14-16 - In his anger against Israel the Lord handed them over to raiders who plundered them. He sold th... Click to read the verse Judges 2:14-16 Click to read the verse Judges 2:14-16

Deuteronomy 4:29-31 - But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you look for him with all yo... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 4:29-31 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 4:29-31

Deuteronomy 31:16-18 - And the Lord said to Moses: “You are going to rest with your fathers, and these people will soo... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 31:16-18 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 31:16-18

Deuteronomy 15:6 - For the Lord your God will bless you as he has promised, and you will lend to many nations but ... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 15:6 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 15:6

2 Chronicles 36:17 - He brought up against them the king of the Babylonians, who killed their young men with the swo... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 36:17 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 36:17

Judges 10:15-16 - But the Israelites said to the Lord, “We have sinned. Do with us whatever you think best, but p... Click to read the verse Judges 10:15-16 Click to read the verse Judges 10:15-16

Judges 3:9 - But when they cried out to the Lord, he raised up for them a deliverer, Othniel son of Kenaz, C... Click to read the verse Judges 3:9 Click to read the verse Judges 3:9

1 Samuel 7:6 - When they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the Lord. On that d... Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 7:6 Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 7:6

Judges 2:16 - Then the Lord raised up judges, who saved them out of the hands of these raiders. Click to read the verse Judges 2:16 Click to read the verse Judges 2:16

2 Samuel 19:5 - Then Joab went into the house to the king and said, “Today you have humiliated all your men, wh... Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 19:5 Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 19:5

1 Samuel 14:45 - But the men said to Saul, “Should Jonathan die—he who has brought about this great deliverance ... Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 14:45 Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 14:45

2 Kings 14:27 - And since the Lord had not said he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, he save... Click to read the verse 2 Kings 14:27 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 14:27

Zechariah 1:20 - Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen. Click to read the verse Zechariah 1:20 Click to read the verse Zechariah 1:20

2 Kings 13:5 - The Lord provided a deliverer for Israel, and they escaped from the power of Aram. So the Israe... Click to read the verse 2 Kings 13:5 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 13:5

Obadiah 1:21 - Deliverers will go up on Mount Zion to govern the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will be th... Click to read the verse Obadiah 1:21 Click to read the verse Obadiah 1:21

2 Kings 17:39 - Rather, worship the Lord your God; it is he who will deliver you from the hand of all your enem... Click to read the verse 2 Kings 17:39 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 17:39

1 Samuel 12:10-11 - They cried out to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned; we have forsaken the Lord and served the ... Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 12:10-11 Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 12:10-11

Judges 3:8-30 - The anger of the Lord burned against Israel so that he sold them into the hands of Cushan-Risha... Click to read the verse Judges 3:8-30 Click to read the verse Judges 3:8-30

Daniel 9:10-14 - we have not obeyed the Lord our God or kept the laws he gave us through his servants the prophets. Click to read the verse Daniel 9:10-14 Click to read the verse Daniel 9:10-14

Psalms 106:41-45 - He handed them over to the nations, and their foes ruled over them. Click to read the verse Psalms 106:41-45 Click to read the verse Psalms 106:41-45

Judges 6:6-10 - Midian so impoverished the Israelites that they cried out to the Lord for help. Click to read the verse Judges 6:6-10 Click to read the verse Judges 6:6-10