Nehemiah 9:34

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Our kings, leaders, and priests have never obeyed your commands or heeded your warnings.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:13

So the LORD made sure that every prophet warned Israel and Judah with these words: “I, the LORD, command you to stop doing sinful things and start obeying my laws and teachings! I gave them to your ancestors, and I told my servants the prophets to repeat them to you.”

2 Kings 17:15

They ignored the LORD's warnings and commands, and they rejected the solemn agreement he had made with their ancestors. They worshipped worthless idols and became worthless themselves. The LORD had told the Israelites not to do the things that the foreign nations around them were doing, but Israel became just like them.

2 Chronicles 29:6

Some of our ancestors were unfaithful and disobeyed the LORD our God. Not only did they turn their backs on the LORD, but they also completely ignored his temple.

Ezra 9:10

Our God, what can we say now? Even after all this, we have disobeyed the commands

Nehemiah 9:30

For years, you were patient, and your Spirit warned them with messages spoken by your prophets. Still they refused to listen, and you handed them over to their enemies.

Nehemiah 9:33

You have always been fair when you punished us for our sins.

Nehemiah 9:35

You blessed them with a kingdom and with an abundance of rich, fertile land, but they refused to worship you or turn from their evil.

Jeremiah 44:17

We have promised to worship the goddess Astarte, the Queen of Heaven, and that is exactly what we are going to do. We will burn incense and offer sacrifices of wine to her, just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders did when we lived in Jerusalem and the other towns of Judah. We had plenty of food back then. We were well off, and nothing bad ever happened to us.

Jeremiah 44:4

Time after time I sent my servants the prophets to tell the people of Judah how much I hated their disgusting sins. The prophets warned them to stop sinning,

Ezekiel 5:6

But the people of Jerusalem rebelled and refuse to obey me. They ignored my laws and have become even more sinful than the nations around them.

Daniel 9:6

We have ignored the message your servants the prophets spoke to our kings, our leaders, our ancestors, and everyone else.

Deuteronomy 31:21

When I punish the Israelites and their descendants with suffering and disasters, I will remind them that they know the words to this song, so they have no excuse for not obeying me. I will give them the land that I promised, but I know the way they are going to live later on.