Nehemiah 4
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Nehemiah 4:1-7

1But it cameH1961 to passH1961 that, when SanballatH5571 heardH8085 that weH3588 builded the wallH2346, he was wroth, and tookH1961 greatH3966 indignation, and mocked the Jews.

2And he spake before his brethren and the armyH3389 of Samaria, and said, WhatH6213 doH6213 theseH3605 feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they makeH6213 an end in a day? will they revive the stones outH3605 of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned?

3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he saidH413, EvenH5921 that which they build, if a fox go upH5975, he shall break downH6440 their stone wall.

4Hear, O our GodH559; for weH587 are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them upH1129 to spoiling in a land of captivity:

5and cover notH3808 their iniquity, and letH3808 notH3808 their sin be blotted outH3045 from beforeH413 thee: for they have provoked thee to anger beforeH413 the builders.

6SoH1961 weH834 built the wall; and allH3605 the wall was joinedH935 togetherH5921 unto half the height thereof: for the peopleH3427 had 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 the wallsH2346 of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be stoppedH5975, then they were very wroth;

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Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain