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30 You were patient with them for many years,
    warning them by your Spirit
        through[a] your prophets.
But they would not listen,
    so you turned them over
        to the control of people in other[b] lands.
31 Nevertheless, in your great compassion
    you did not completely destroy them
        or abandon them,
because you are a God of grace
    and you are merciful.

32 “Now therefore, our God,
    the great, mighty, and awesome God,
        who keeps the covenant and gracious love,
don’t let all of the difficulties seem trifling to you,
    all of hardships that have come upon us, upon our kings,
upon our leaders, upon our priests,
    upon our prophets, upon our ancestors,
and upon all of your people
    from the time of the kings of Assyria until this day.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 9:30 Lit. through the hand of
  2. Nehemiah 9:30 Lit. the