Nehemiah 9:16-17

Yet truly, they and our fathers acted arrogantly, and they hardened their necks, and they did not listen to your commandments. And they were not willing to hear, and they did not remember, your miracles which you had accomplished for them. And they hardened their necks, and they offered their head, so that they would return to their servitude, as if in contention. But you, a forgiving God, lenient and merciful, longsuffering and full of compassion, did not abandon them.