Matthew Poole and continuators on Nehemiah 9:16

16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly , and hardned their neck, and hearkned not to thy commandments.

Notwithstanding all these singular and wonderful mercies: which he hither to recounted to aggravate their sins, which he now comes to confess; and to lead them to a sincere and ingenuous grief and repeutance for their sins, not onely for the mischief which they brought upon themselves, but for the injury and indignity which they offered to God.

i. e. Sinned presumptuously, and with contempt of God, as scorning to submit their wills to Gods.