Nehemiah 9:32-34

Living Bible

³² “And now, O great and awesome God, you who keep your promises of love and kindness—do not let all the hardships we have gone through become as nothing to you. Great trouble has come upon us and upon our kings and princes and priests and prophets and ancestors from the days when the kings of Assyria first triumphed over us until now. ³³ Every time you punished us you were being perfectly fair; we have sinned so greatly that you gave us only what we deserved. ³⁴ Our kings, princes, priests, and ancestors didn’t obey your laws or listen to your warnings.