Nehemiah 4:3-7

3Tobiah the Ammonite was with him. Tobiah said, ‘The wall that the Jews are trying to build is very weak. Even if a little fox climbs up on it, the stones would all fall down again!’

4So I prayed, ‘Hear us, our God. Our enemies think that we are fools. Make them seem like fools themselves! Let their enemies take them away as slaves.

5Do not forgive their sins. Do not say that they are not guilty. They have insulted us when we are trying to build.’

6The people worked hard because they wanted to build the wall. As a result, the wall all round the city soon became half as high as the old wall.

7Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arab people, the Ammonites and the people who came from Ashdod all heard that the work was continuing. They could see that we were repairing the holes in the wall. So they were very angry.