Nehemiah 9:16

But they and our fathers dealt proudly ,.... Behaved in a haughty manner towards God, their kind benefactor:

and hardened their necks ; refused to take the yoke of his law, as refractory oxen, that withdraw their necks from the yoke:

and hearkened not to thy commandments ; to do them, though they promised they would, Exodus 24:7 .