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Nehemiah 9:27

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25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.

26 But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.

So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.

28 But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.

29 You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.

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BSB
So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.
KJV
Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
WEB
Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them. In the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hands of their adversaries.
ASV
Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.
DARBY
And thou gavest them into the hand of their oppressors, and they oppressed them; and in the time of their distress, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from the heavens, and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their oppressors.
BLB
And You gave them into the hand of their enemies, and they brought distress to them. And in the time of their distress they cried to You, and You from the heavens heard, and according to Your abundant mercies You gave to them saviors, and they saved them from the hand of their enemies.
ÅB
Da gav du dem i deres fienders hånd, og de plaget dem; men når de i sin nød ropte til deg, hørte du det fra himmelen, og i din store barmhjertighet gav du dem frelsere, som utfridde dem av deres fienders hånd.
OTB
Så overgav du dem i hendene på deres fiender, som undertrykte dem. Men da de ropte til deg i sin nød, hørte du fra himmelen, og i din store barmhjertighet ga du dem redningsmenn som reddet dem fra fiendenes hånd.
B1930
Da gav du dem i deres fienders hånd, og de plaget dem; men når de i sin nød ropte til dig, hørte du det fra himmelen, og i din store barmhjertighet gav du dem frelsere, som utfridde dem av deres fienders hånd.

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  • Psalms 106:41–45

    He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.

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  • 2 Kings 14:27

    and since the LORD had said that He would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.

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  • Daniel 9:10–14

    and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets.

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  • 2 Kings 13:5

    So the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, and they escaped the power of the Arameans. Then the people of Israel lived in their own homes as they had before.

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  • Judges 2:18

    Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.

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  • Judges 6:6–10

    Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.

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  • 1 Samuel 12:10–11

    Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’

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  • Deuteronomy 4:29–31

    But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

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