1But itcameH1961topassH1961that, whenSanballatH5571heardH8085thatweH3588builded thewallH2346, he was wroth, andtookH1961greatמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966indignation, and mocked the Jews.
2And he spake before his brethren and thearmyבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389of Samaria, and said,WhatH6213doH6213theseH3605feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will theymakeH6213an end in a day? will they revive the stonesoutH3605of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned?
3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and hesaidאֶל־'el-H413,Evenעֲלֵיהֶ֛ם'a.lei.HemH5921that which they build, if a fox goupוַנַּעֲמִ֨ידva.na.'a.MidH5975, he shall breakdownמִפְּנֵיהֶֽם׃mi.pe.nei.HemH6440their stone wall.
4Hear, O ourGodוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559; forweוַאֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙va.'a.Nach.nuH587are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give themupלִבְנ֖וֹתliv.NotH1129to spoiling in a land of captivity:
5and covernotH3808their iniquity, andletH3808notH3808their sin be blottedoutיֵדְעוּ֙ye.de.'UH3045frombeforeH413thee: for they have provoked thee to angerbeforeH413the builders.
6SoH1961weH834built the wall; andallH3605the wall wasjoinedבָּ֣אוּBa.'uH935togetherעָלֵֽינוּ׃'a.Lei.nuH5921unto half the height thereof: for thepeopleהַיֹּשְׁבִ֖יםhai.yo.she.VimH3427had a mind to work.
7But it came to pass that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the repairing of thewallsH2346of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to bestoppedH5975, then they were very wroth;
8and they conspiredallהַגָּד֤וֹלha.ga.DolH1419of themtogetherH5921tocomeוָאָק֗וּםva.'a.KumH6965andfightH3898againstH5921Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.
9ButweH3588madeH3045our prayer unto ourGodH430, andsetוַנָּ֤שָׁבva.na.shuvH7725awatchH3045againstH413them day and night,becauseH3588of them.
10AndJudahH3063said, Thestrengthמַחֲזִיקִים֙ma.cha.zi.KimH2388of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there ismuchכָּל־kol-H3605rubbish;soמִן־min-H4480thatweהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117arenotוַיְהִ֣י׀vay.HiH1961able to build the wall.
11And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, tillweעֹשֶׂ֣ה'o.SehH6213comeintoיָדוֹ֙ya.DoH3027the midst of them, and slay them, and cause theworkH4399to cease.
12And itcameH376to pass that, when the Jewswhichחַרְבּ֛וֹchar.BoH2719dwelt by themcameH376, they said untousעַל־'al-H5921ten times fromallH376places, Ye must return untousעָלֵֽינוּ׃'a.Lei.nuH5921.
13Therefore set I in the lowestpartsנִפְרָדִים֙nif.ra.DimH6504of the space behind thewallH2346, In the openplacesוָאֹמַ֞רva.'o.MarH559, IevenH5921set thepeopleH5971afterH5921their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
14And I looked, and roseupH853, andsaidH413unto the nobles, and to therulersH430, and to the rest of thepeopleH834, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord,whichH834isgreatH430and terrible, andfightH3898for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your houses.
15And itcameH3318to pass, when our enemies heard that it wasknownH3318untousH6213, and God hadbroughtH3318their counsel to nought, thatweוַאֲנַ֖חְנוּva.'a.Nach.nuH587returnedמֵעֲל֣וֹתme.'a.LotH5927allעַ֖ד'adH5704ofusH6213to the wall, every one unto hisworkH4399.
16And itcameH1961topassH1961from that time forth, that half of myservantsH5288wrought in theworkH4399, and half of themheldH1961the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behindallH3117the house of Judah.
17They that builded the wall and they that bare burdens ladedthemselvesאַחֲרַ֔י'a.cha.RaiH310,everyאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with theotherוְאַחַ֣יve.'a.ChaiH251held hisweaponH7973;
18and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
19And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another:
20in what place soever ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us; our God shall fight for us.
21So we wrought in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
22Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labour in the day.
23So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, every one went with his weapon to the water.
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