Nehemiah 9:28

Mercy and compassion Forgiveness Repentance God's faithfulness

²⁶ Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

²⁷ 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.

But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

²⁹ And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

³⁰ Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.
KJV: But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
WEB: But after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore you left them in the hands of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times you delivered them according to your mercies,
ASV: But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee; therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies,
DARBY: But when they had rest, they did evil again before thee; and thou didst leave them in the hand of their enemies, and they had dominion over them; and again they cried unto thee, and thou heardest [them] from the heavens, and many times didst thou deliver them, according to thy mercies.
BLB: And after rest for them, again they did evil before You, and you left them to the hand of their enemies, and they ruled over them. And they returned and cried out to You, and You from the heavens heard, and You delivered them according to Your mercies many times.

ÅB: Men når de så kom til ro, gjorde de igjen det som var ondt i dine øyne, og du overlot dem i deres fienders hånd, så de hersket over dem; men når de så ropte til deg igjen, hørte du det fra himmelen og utfridde dem i din barmhjertighet gang på gang.
OTB: Men så snart de hadde ro, gjorde de igjen ondt for deg; derfor overgav du dem i fiendenes hånd, så de hersket over dem. Da de igjen ropte til deg, hørte du fra himmelen, og mange ganger reddet du dem etter din barmhjertighet.
B1930: Men når de så kom til ro, gjorde de atter det som var ondt i dine øine, og du overlot dem i deres fienders hånd, så de hersket over dem; men når de så atter ropte til dig, hørte du det fra himmelen og utfridde dem i din barmhjertighet gang på gang.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Judges 5:31–6:1
So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
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1 Kings 8:33–34
When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
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1 Kings 8:39
Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
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Judges 4:1
And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
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Judges 3:11–12
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
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Judges 3:30
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
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Psalms 106:43–45
Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
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Isaiah 63:15
Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
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