Nehemiah 9:36

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Behold, we are slaves this day; in the land that thou gavest to our fathers to enjoy its fruit and its good gifts, behold, we are slaves.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 12:8

Nevertheless they shall be servants to him, that they may know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.”

Ezra 9:9

For we are bondmen; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended to us his steadfast love before the kings of Persia, to grant us some reviving to set up the house of our God, to repair its ruins, and to give us protection in Judea and Jerusalem.

Lamentations 5:4

We must pay for the water we drink, the wood we get must be bought.

Lamentations 5:5

With a yoke on our necks we are hard driven; we are weary, we are given no rest.

Deuteronomy 28:48

therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger and thirst, in nakedness, and in want of all things; and he will put a yoke of iron upon your neck, until he has destroyed you.