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Nehemiah 9:29

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

You warned them to turn back to your law, but they acted arrogantly and would not obey your commands. They sinned against your ordinances, which a person will live by if he does them. They stubbornly resisted, stiffened their necks, and would not obey.

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But our ancestors acted arrogantly; they became stiff-necked and did not listen to your commands.


Keep my statutes and ordinances; a person will live  if he does them.  I am the Lord.


But they were disobedient and rebelled against you. They flung your law behind their backs and killed your prophets who warned them in order to turn them back to you. They committed terrible blasphemies.


You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for you knew how arrogantly they treated our ancestors. You made a name for yourself that endures to this day.


This is why I have used the prophets to cut them down;  , I have killed them with the words from my mouth. My judgement strikes like lightning.


then Azariah  son of Hoshaiah,  Johanan son of Kareah, and all the other arrogant men responded to Jeremiah, ‘You are speaking a lie! The Lord our God has not sent you to say, “You must not go to Egypt to stay there for a while! ”


But the law is not based on faith; instead, the one who does these things will live by them.   ,


since Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: The one who does these things will live by them.   ,


‘You’ve answered correctly,’ he told him. ‘Do this and you will live.’


But when his heart was exalted and his spirit became arrogant,  he was deposed from his royal throne and his glory was taken from him.


Then I gave them my statutes and explained my ordinances to them #– #the person who does them will live by them.


They have not become humble to this day, and they have not feared or followed my instruction or my statutes that I set before you and your ancestors.


‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to bring on this city #– #and on all its cities #– #every disaster that I spoke against it, for they have become obstinate, not obeying my words.” ’


They wouldn’t listen or pay attention but became obstinate,  not listening or accepting discipline.


However, my people wouldn’t listen to me or pay attention but became obstinate;  they did more evil than their ancestors.


But the Lord, the God of their ancestors sent word against them by the hand of his messengers, sending them time and time again,  for he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place.


Nevertheless, he sent them prophets  to bring them back to the Lord; they admonished them, but the people would not listen.


Still, the Lord warned  Israel and Judah through every prophet and every seer, saying, ‘Turn from your evil ways and keep my commands and statutes according to the whole law I commanded your ancestors and sent to you through my servants the prophets.’


And when many troubles and afflictions come to them, this song will testify against them, because  their descendants will not have forgotten it. For I know what they are prone to do,  even before I bring them into the land I swore to give them.’


I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will quickly perish  from the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not live long there, but you will certainly be destroyed.


So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and told him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may worship me.


‘Why do you ask me about what is good? ’   he said to him. ‘There is only one who is good.   If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.’


The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they didn’t listen.


You were patient with them for many years, and your Spirit warned them through your prophets, but they would not listen. Therefore, you handed them over to the surrounding peoples.


At that time I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath. They were also bringing in stores of grain and loading them on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought to Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.


The Lord has spoken concerning you, remnant of Judah: “Don’t go to Egypt.” Know for certain that I have warned you today!


For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are rebelling against the Lord now, while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after I am dead!


I said to you: I am the Lord your God. Do not fear the gods of the Amorites whose land you live in.  But you did not obey me.” ’


But they would not listen. Instead they became obstinate like  their ancestors who did not believe the Lord their God.





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