33You are just in all that has befallen us,
because You have acted faithfully,while we have acted wickedly.
34Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers
did not obey Your lawor listen to Your commandments
and warnings that You gave them.
35For even while they were in their kingdom,
with the abundant goodnessthat You had given them,
and in the spacious and fertile land
that You had set before them,
they would not serve You
or turn from their wicked ways.
— Nehemiah 9:33-35