Nehemiah 9:29

And testifiedst against them ,.... By sending prophets to them, to admonish them of their sins, and remind them of their duty:

that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law ; to regard it, and walk according it:

yet they dealt proudly ; with an haughty air rejected the counsel of God:

and hearkened not unto thy commandments ; yielded not obedience to them:

but sinned against thy judgments ; transgressed his laws, which were so just, righteous, reasonable, and equitable:

which if a man do, he shall live in them ; or by them, in the land of Canaan, see Leviticus 18:5 ,

and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear ; like oxen, that wriggle and struggle, and draw back, and will not admit the yoke upon them.