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Nehemiah 4

1AnditcametopassthatwhenSanballatH5571heardH8085thatwebuiltthewallH2346,hewasH1961angryH2734andveryH3966indignant,andmockedtheJews.

2Andhespoke beforehisbrethrenandthearmyofSamaria,andsaid,Whatdothesefeeble Jews? shalltheybepermittedtogoH935on?WilltheyofferH6213sacrifices?Willtheyfinishinaday?Willtheyrevivethestonesoutoftheheapsofrubbish,whentheyareburned?

3AndTobijahtheAmmonitewasbyhim,andhesaid,Eventhatwhichtheybuild, ifafoxwentup,itwould breakdowntheirstone wall. —

4Hear,ourGod,forwearedespised,andturntheirreproach upontheirown head,andgivethemforapreyinalandofcaptivity!

5Andcovernottheiriniquity,andletnottheirsinbeblottedoutfrombeforethee;fortheyhaveprovokedthebuilders.

6Butwebuiltthewall;andallthewallwasH1961joinedtogethertothehalf thereof;forthepeoplehadamindtowork.

7Anditcametopass,whenSanballat,andTobijah,andtheArabians,andtheAmmonites,andtheAshdodites heardthatthewallsH2346ofJerusalemwerebeing repaired,thatthebreaches begantobestopped,thentheywerevery wroth,

8andconspiredallofthemtogethertocometofightH3898againstJerusalem,andtohinderit.

9ThenweprayedtoourGodH430,andsetawatchagainstthemdayandnight,becauseofthem.

10AndJudahH3063said,Thestrengthofthebearersofburdens faileth,andthereismuchrubbish;sothatwearenotabletobuildatthewall.

11Andouradversaries said,Theyshallnot know, neither see, tillwecomeintothemidstofthemandkillthem,andputanendtotheworkH4399.

12AnditcametopassthatwhentheJewsthatdweltbythemcameandtoldussoten times,fromalltheplaces whencetheyreturnedtous,

13IsetinthelowerplacesbehindthewallH2346inexposedplaces,IevensetthepeopleH5971,accordingtotheirfamilies,withtheirswords,theirspearsandtheirbows.

14AndIlooked,androseup,andsaidtothenobles,andtotherulers,andtotherestofthepeople,Benot afraidofthem: remembertheLordwhoisgreatandterrible,andfightH3898foryourbrethren,yoursonsandyourdaughters,yourwivesandyourhouses.

15AnditcameH3318topassthatwhenourenemies heardthatitwasknowntous,andthatGodhaddefeatedtheircounsel,wereturnedallofustothewall, everyoneH6213tohisworkH4399.

16Andfromthattimeבָּעֵ֤תba.'EtH6256forththehalfofmyservantsH5288wroughtintheworkH4399,andtheotherhalfofthemheldthespears,andtheshields,andthebows,andthecorslets;andthecaptainswereH1961behindallthehouseofJudah.

17Theythatbuiltonthewall,andtheythatbore burdens,withthosethatloaded, wroughtintheworkwithoneאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376hand,andwiththeothertheyheldaweaponH7973.

18And the builders had every one his sword girded by his side, and built. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

19And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and extended, and we are scattered upon the wall, one far from another:

20in what place ye hear the sound of the trumpet, thither shall ye assemble to us; our God will fight for us.

21And we laboured in the work; and half of them held the spears from the rising of the dawn till the stars appeared.

22Likewise at the same time I said to the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and [be for] labour in the day.

23And neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our garments: every one had his weapon on his right side.

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