John Gill, on Neh 9:28

“But after they had rest, they returned to do evil in thy sight: and thou leftest them in the hand of their enemies, and they had dominion over them. Then they returned, and cried to thee: and thou heardest from heaven, and deliveredst them many times in thy mercies.”

“But after they had rest,.... From their enemies, enjoyed their liberty, and were in prosperity: they did evil again before thee; relapsed into idolatry: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; as the Philistines had for the space of forty years, Jdg 13:1, yet when they returned and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven, and many times didst thou deliver them, according to thy mercies; this was their case frequently in the times of the judges; they sinned and fell into the hands of their enemies, then they repented, and cried to God for help, and he had compassion upon them, and saved them.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.