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Nehemiah 9:29

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What does Nehemiah 9:29 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law. Yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances, (which if a man do, he shall live in them,) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law. Yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances, (which if a man do, he shall live in them,) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
Nehemiah 9:29 — American Standard Version

Context — Nehemiah 9

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26Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and slew thy prophets that testified against them to turn them again unto thee, and they wrought great provocations.
27Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.
28But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee; therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies,
29and testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law. Yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances, (which if a man do, he shall live in them,) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
30Yet many years didst thou bear with them, and testifiedst against them by thy Spirit through thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
31Nevertheless in thy manifold mercies thou didst not make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
32Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and lovingkindness, let not all the travail seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“testifiedst: Neh 9:26; Deu 4:26, Deu 31:21; Kg2 17:13; Ch2 24:19, Ch2 36:15; Jer 25:3-7; Hos 6:5 yet they: Neh 9:10, Neh 9:16; Exo 10:3; Jer 13:15-17, Jer 43:2, Jer 44:10, Jer 44:16, Jer 44:17; Dan 5:20; Jam 4:6-10 which: Lev 18:5; Eze 20:11; Luk 10:28; Rom 10:5; Gal 3:12 withdrew the shoulder: Heb. gave a withdrawing shoulder, Zac 7:11, Zac 7:12 and hardened: Jer 7:26, Jer 17:23, Jer 19:15 Nehemiah 9:30”
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