Nehemia 9:26

9:26 “Nonetheless they grew disobedient and rebelled against you; they disregarded your law. ¹  They killed your prophets who had solemnly admonished them in order to cause them to return to you. They committed atrocious blasphemies.

Nehemia 13:21

13:21 But I warned them and said, ²  “Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you repeat this, I will forcibly remove you!” ³  From that time on they did not show up on the Sabbath. ⁴ 

[9:26]  ¹ tn Heb “they cast your law behind their backs.”

[13:21]  ² tn The Hebrew text includes the words “to them,” but they have been excluded from the translation for stylistic reasons.

[13:21]  ³ tn Heb “I will send a hand on you.”

[13:21]  ⁴ sn This statement contains a great deal of restrained humor. The author clearly takes pleasure in the effectiveness of the measures that he had enacted.