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Nehemian kirjaLuku 9

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On the twenty-fourth day of that same month the Israelites gathered together, fasting and dressed in sackcloth, with dust on them.
Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the guilt of their fathers.
They stood in their places, and for a quarter of the day they read aloud from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God, and for another quarter they confessed and bowed down before the LORD their God.
On the platform of the Levites stood Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Kenani, and they cried out with a loud voice to the LORD their God.
Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said: "Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting." "Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above every blessing and praise.
You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, the highest heavens and all their host, the earth and everything on it, the seas and everything in them. You give life to them all, and the host of heaven bows down before you.
You are the LORD God, who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
You found his heart faithful before you, and you made a covenant with him to give him the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. And you have kept your word, for you are righteous.
You saw the misery of our fathers in Egypt; you heard their cry at the Red Sea.
You sent signs and wonders against Pharaoh, against all his servants and all the people of his land, for you knew how arrogantly they treated them. And you made a name for yourself that endures to this day.
You split the sea before them, and they passed through it on dry ground; but their pursuers you hurled into the depths like a stone into raging waters.
By a pillar of cloud you led them by day, and by a pillar of fire at night, to light the way they were to travel.
You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just decrees and true laws, good statutes and commandments.
You made known to them your holy Sabbath, and through your servant Moses you gave them commandments, statutes, and law.
For their hunger you gave them bread from heaven, and for their thirst you brought water out of the rock. You told them to go in and take possession of the land you had sworn with uplifted hand to give them.
But they and our fathers acted arrogantly; they stiffened their necks and did not obey your commandments.
They refused to listen and forgot the wonders you had done among them. They became stiff-necked, and in their rebellion they appointed a leader to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love; you did not abandon them.
Even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, 'This is your god who brought you up out of Egypt,' committing terrible blasphemies,
you in your great mercy did not abandon them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud did not depart from over them by day to lead them on their way, nor the pillar of fire by night to give them light on the road they were to travel.
You gave your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths, and you gave them water for their thirst.
For forty years you sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.
You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them the lands on every side. They took possession of the land of Sihon, the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
You made their children as numerous as the stars in the sky, and you brought them into the land you had told their fathers to enter and possess.
So their children went in and took possession of the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites who lived there and handed them over to them, with their kings and the peoples of the land, to do with them as they pleased.
They captured fortified cities and fertile land. They took over houses full of every good thing, cisterns already hewn, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. They ate and were satisfied; they grew fat and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
But they were defiant and rebelled against you. They cast your law behind their backs and killed your prophets, who had warned them to turn back to you; and they committed terrible blasphemies.
So you handed them over to their enemies, who oppressed them. But when they were oppressed and cried out to you, you heard from heaven, and in your great mercy you gave them deliverers, who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.
But as soon as they were at rest, they again did what was evil in your sight. Then you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, who ruled over them. And when they turned back and cried out to you, you heard from heaven, and time after time you rescued them in your mercy.
You warned them to return to your law, but they became arrogant and did not obey your commandments. They sinned against your decrees, by which a person will live if he keeps them. They turned a stubborn shoulder, stiffened their necks, and would not listen.
For many years you were patient with them. By your Spirit you warned them through your prophets, yet they would not listen. So you handed them over to the peoples of the lands.
But in your great mercy you did not put an end to them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and compassionate God.
Now therefore, our God—the great, mighty, and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love—do not treat lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our fathers and all your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
In all that has happened to us, you have been just; you have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
Our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our fathers did not keep your law; they did not heed your commandments or the warnings you gave them.
Even while they were in their kingdom, enjoying the great goodness you gave them in the spacious and fertile land you set before them, they did not serve you or turn from their evil ways.
See, we are slaves today—slaves in the very land you gave our fathers so they could enjoy its fruit and its good things.
Because of our sins, its abundant harvest goes to the kings you have set over us. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress."
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