forbear them and # 16_NEH_09_30  Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets_ yet would they not give ear_ therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands. ## Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.