Nehemiah 9:16-17
9:16 “But they – our ancestors – behaved presumptuously; they rebelled and did not obey your commandments.
9:17 They refused to obey and did not recall your miracles that you had performed among them. Instead, they rebelled and appointed a leader to return to their bondage in Egypt. But you are a God of forgiveness, merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and unfailing in your loyal love. You did not abandon them,
Nehemiah 9:29
9:29 And you solemnly admonished them in order to return them to your law, but they behaved presumptuously and did not obey your commandments. They sinned against your ordinances – those by which an individual, if he obeys them,
will live. They boldly turned from you;
they rebelled
and did not obey.