Nehemiah 2:11-20

11So I 1cameH935 to JerusalemH3389 and was thereH8033 threeH7969 daysH3117. 12And I aroseH6965 in the nightH3915, I and a fewH4592 menH376 with me. I did not tellH5046 anyoneH120 whatH4100 my GodH430 was puttingH5414 into my 2mindH3820 to doH6213 for JerusalemH3389 and thereH369 was noH369 animalH929 with me exceptH3588H518 the animalH929 on whichH834 I was ridingH7392. 13So I wentH3318 out at nightH3915 by 3the ValleyH1516 GateH8179 in the directionH6440 of the Dragon’sH5886 WellH5886 and on to the 4RefuseH830 GateH8179, inspectingH7663 the wallsH2346 of JerusalemH3389 5whichH834 were brokenH6555 downH6555 and its 6gatesH8179 which were consumedH398 by fireH784. 14Then I passedH5674 on to 7the FountainH5871 GateH8179 and 8the King’sH4428 PoolH1295, but thereH369 was noH369 placeH4725 for 9my mountH929 to passH5674. 15So I wentH5927 up at nightH3915 by the 10ravineH5158 and inspectedH7663 the wallH2346. Then I enteredH935 the ValleyH1516 GateH8179 again and returnedH7725. 16The officialsH5461 did not knowH3045 whereH575 I had goneH1980 or whatH4100 I had doneH6213; norH3808 had I as yetH3651 toldH5046 the JewsH3064, the priestsH3548, the noblesH2715, the officialsH5461 or the restH3499 who didH6213 the workH4399.

17Then I saidH559 to them, “You seeH7200 the badH7451 situationH7463 we are in, that 11JerusalemH3389 is desolateH2720 and its gatesH8179 burnedH3341 by fireH784. ComeH1980, let us rebuildH1129 the wallH2346 of JerusalemH3389 soH3808 that we will noH3808 longerH5750 be a reproachH2781.” 18I toldH5046 them howH834 the handH3027 of my GodH430 had been favorableH2896 to me and alsoH637 about the king’sH4428 wordsH1697 whichH834 he had spokenH559 to me. Then they saidH559, “Let us ariseH6965 and buildH1129.” 12So they putH2388 their handsH3027 to the goodH2899 work. 19But when SanballatH5571 the HoroniteH2772 and TobiahH2900 the AmmoniteH5984 13officialH5650, and 14GeshemH1654 the ArabH6163 heardH8085 it, 15they mockedH3932 us and despisedH959 us and saidH559, “WhatH4100 is thisH2088 thingH1697 you are doingH6213? 16Are you rebellingH4775 againstH5921 the kingH4428?” 20So I answeredH7725 them and saidH559 to them, “17The GodH430 of heavenH8064 will giveH6743 us successH6743; therefore we His servantsH5650 will ariseH6965 and buildH1129, 18but you haveH369 noH369 portionH2506, rightH6666 or memorialH2146 in JerusalemH3389.”