33 Surely thou art just in all that is come upon us: for thou hast [a]dealt truly, but we have done wickedly.

34 And our kings and our princes, our priests and our fathers have not done thy Law, nor regarded thy commandments, nor thy protestations, wherewith thou hast [b]protested among them.

35 And they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou showedst unto them, and in the large and fat land which thou didst set before them, and have not converted from their evil works.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 9:33 He confesseth that all these things came to them justly for their sins, but he appealeth from God’s justice to his mercies.
  2. Nehemiah 9:34 That thou wouldest destroy them, except they would return to thee, as verse 26.

33 In all that has happened to us, you have remained righteous;(A) you have acted faithfully, while we acted wickedly.(B) 34 Our kings,(C) our leaders, our priests and our ancestors(D) did not follow your law; they did not pay attention to your commands or the statutes you warned them to keep. 35 Even while they were in their kingdom, enjoying your great goodness(E) to them in the spacious and fertile land you gave them, they did not serve you(F) or turn from their evil ways.

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