John Gill, on Neh 9:29

“And thou didst admonish them to return to thy law. But they dealt proudly, and hearkened not to thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them: and they withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.”

“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 Lev 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.”

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