Nehemiah 9:34-36

Good News Translation

³⁴ Our ancestors, our kings, leaders, and priests
    have not kept your Law.
They did not listen to your commands and warnings.
³⁵ With your blessing, kings ruled your people
    when they lived in the broad, fertile land you gave them;
    but they failed to turn from sin and serve you.
³⁶ And now we are slaves in the land that you gave us,
    this fertile land which gives us food.