Nehemiah 9:18-19

9:18 even when they made a cast image of a calf for themselves and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up from Egypt,’ or when they committed atrocious ¹  blasphemies.

9:19 “Due to your great compassion you did not abandon them in the desert. The pillar of cloud did not stop guiding them in the path by day, ²  nor did the pillar of fire stop illuminating for them by night the path on which they should travel.

Nehemiah 9:31

9:31 However, due to your abundant mercy you did not do away with them altogether; you did not abandon them. For you are a merciful and compassionate God.

¹ tn Heb “great.”

² tn Heb “did not turn from them by day to guide them in the path.”