Nehemiah 9:33-35

International Standard Version

³³ You are righteous in all that is happening to us,
    because you have acted faithfully
        while we have practiced evil.
³⁴ Furthermore, neither our kings,
    nor our leaders, nor our priests
        nor our ancestors have practiced your Law
or paid attention to your commands and warnings
    by which you admonished them.
³⁵ But they in their kingdom—
    in the midst of your great goodness that you gave them
and in the large and fertile land
    that you provided them—
did not serve you
    or turn away from their evil deeds.