Nehemiah 9:34-36

Common English Bible

³⁴ Our kings, our officials, our priests, and our ancestors haven’t kept your Instruction.
        They haven’t heeded your commandments and the warnings that you gave them.
³⁵ Even in their own kingdom, surrounded by the great goodness that you gave to them,
        even in the wide and rich land that you gave them,
        they didn’t serve you or turn from their wicked works.
³⁶ So now today we are slaves,
        slaves in the land that you gave to our ancestors
            to enjoy its fruit and its good gifts.