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And it happened, when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was angry, and it was greatly enraging to him, and he mocked the Jews.

And he spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they make an end in a day? Will they bring to life the stones out of the heaps of therubbish which are burned?

And Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox goes up, he will even break down their stone wall.

O our God, hear. For we are despised. And turn their curse on their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity.

And do not cover their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before You. For they have provoked You to anger before the builders.

So we built the wall, and all the wall was joined together to the half of it. For the people had a heart to work.

And it happened, when Sanballat and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that repairing of the walls of Jerusalem had gone up, that the breaks were being closed up, it was very angering to them.

And all of them conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and do harm to it.

But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

And Judah said, The strength of the burden carriers is weakening, and there is much rubbish, so that we are not able to build the wall.

And our foes have said, They shall not know or see until we come in the middle of them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.

And it happened when the Jews who lived near them came in, they said to us ten times, From all places where you shall return, they will be against us.

So I stationed from the lowest parts of the place, from the back of the wall, in the higher places; even, I stationed the people according to their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

And I saw. And I rose up and said to the nobles and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and terrible, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, yourwives, and your houses.