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Nehemiah 4:1-7

1Butitcametopassthat,whenSanballatH5571heardH8085thatwewerebuildingthewallH2346,hewasH1961wroth,andtookgreatindignation,andmockedtheJews.

2Andhespake beforehisbrethrenandthearmyofSamaria,andsaid,Whatarethesefeeble Jewsdoing?willtheyfortify themselves?willtheysacrifice?willtheymakeH6213anendinaday?willtheyrevivethestonesoutoftheheapsofrubbish, seeingtheyareburned?

3Now TobiahtheAmmonitewasbyhim,andhesaid,Eventhatwhichtheyarebuilding, ifafox goup,heshallbreakdowntheirstone wall.

4Hear,OourGod;forwearedespised:andturn backtheirreproach upontheirown head,andgivethemupforaspoilinalandofcaptivity;

5andcovernottheiriniquity,andletnottheirsinbeblottedoutfrombeforethee;fortheyhaveprovoked theetoangerbeforethebuilders.

6Sowebuiltthewall;andallthewallwasH1961joinedtogetherunto halftheheight thereof:forthepeoplehadamindtowork.

7Butitcametopassthat,whenSanballat,andTobiah,andtheArabians,andtheAmmonites,andtheAshdodites, heardthattherepairingofthewallsH2346ofJerusalem went forward,andthatthebreaches begantobestopped,thentheywerevery wroth;

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