Nehemiah 4

1 ♥ 📝 B ut it came to pass that, when Sanballat^H5571 heard^H8085 that we were building^H1129 the wall,^H2346 he was wroth,^H2734 and took great^H7235 indignation,^H3707 and mocked^H3932 the Jews.^H3064

2 ♥ 📝 And he spake^H559 before^H6440 his brethren^H251 and the army^H2428 of Samaria,^H8111 and said,^H559 What are these feeble^H537 Jews^H3064 doing?^H6213 will they fortify^H5800 themselves? will they sacrifice?^H2076 will they make an end^H3615 in a day?^H3117 will they revive^H2421 the stones^H68 out of the heaps^H6194 of rubbish,^H6083 seeing they are burned?^H8313

3 ♥ 📝 Now Tobiah^H2900 the Ammonite^H5984 was by him,^H681 and he said,^H559 Even that which they are building,^H1129 if a fox^H7776 go up,^H5927 he shall break down^H6555 their stone^H68 wall.^H2346

4 ♥ 📝 Hear,^H8085 O our God;^H430 for we are despised:^H939 and turn^H7725 back their reproach^H2781 upon their own head,^H7218 and give^H5414 them up for a spoil^H961 in a land^H776 of captivity;^H7633

5 ♥ 📝 and cover^H3680 not their iniquity,^H5771 and let not their sin^H2403 be blotted out^H4229 from before^H6440 thee; for they have provoked [thee] to anger^H3707 before the builders.^H1129

6 ♥ 📝 So we built^H1129 the wall;^H2346 and all the wall^H2346 was joined together^H7194 unto half^H2677 [the height] thereof: for the people^H5971 had a mind^H3820 to work.^H6213

7 ♥ 📝 But it came to pass that, when Sanballat,^H5571 and Tobiah,^H2900 and the Arabians,^H6163 and the Ammonites,^H5984 and the Ashdodites,^H796 heard^H8085 that the repairing of the walls^H2346 of Jerusalem^H3389 went forward,^H724 [and] that the breaches^H6555 began^H2490 to be stopped,^H5640 then they were very^H3966 wroth;^H2734

8 ♥ 📝 and they conspired^H7194 all of them together^H3162 to come^H935 and fight^H3898 against Jerusalem,^H3389 and to cause confusion^H6213 therein.

9 ♥ 📝 But we made our prayer^H6419 unto our God,^H430 and set^H5975 a watch^H4929 against them day^H3119 and night,^H3915 because^H6440 of them.

10 ♥ 📝 And Judah^H3063 said,^H559 The strength^H3581 of the bearers of burdens^H5449 is decayed,^H3782 and there is much^H7235 rubbish;^H6083 so that we are not able^H3201 to build^H1129 the wall.^H2346

11 ♥ 📝 And our adversaries^H6862 said,^H559 They shall not know,^H3045 neither see,^H7200 till we come^H935 into the midst^H8432 of^H8432 them, and slay^H2026 them, and cause the work^H4399 to cease.^H7673

12 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass that, when the Jews^H3064 that dwelt^H3427 by them^H681 came,^H935 they said^H559 unto us ten^H6235 times^H6471 from all places,^H4725 Ye must return^H7725 unto us.

13 ♥ 📝 Therefore set^H5975 I in the lowest^H8482 parts^H4725 of the space behind^H310 the wall,^H2346 in the open places,^H6706 I set^H5975 [there] the people^H5971 after their families^H4940 with their swords,^H2719 their spears,^H7420 and their bows.^H7198

14 ♥ 📝 And I looked,^H7200 and rose up,^H6965 and said^H559 unto the nobles,^H2715 and to the rulers,^H5461 and to the rest^H3499 of the people,^H5971 Be not ye afraid^H3372 of them:^H6440 remember^H2142 the Lord,^H136 who is great^H1419 and terrible,^H3372 and fight^H3898 for your brethren,^H251 your sons,^H1121 and your daughters,^H1323 your wives,^H802 and your houses.^H1004

15 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass, when our enemies^H341 heard^H8085 that it was known^H3045 unto us, and God^H430 had brought^H6565 their counsel^H6098 to nought,^H6565 that we returned^H7725 all of us to the wall,^H2346 every one^H376 unto his work.^H4399

16 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass from that time^H3117 forth, that half^H2677 of my servants^H5288 wrought^H6213 in the work,^H4399 and half^H2677 of them held^H2388 the spears,^H7420 the shields,^H4043 and the bows,^H7198 and the coats^H8302 of mail; and the rulers^H8269 were behind^H310 all the house^H1004 of Judah.^H3063

17 ♥ 📝 They all builded^H1129 the wall^H2346 and they that bare^H5375 burdens^H5447 laded^H6006 themselves; every one with one^H259 of his hands^H3027 wrought^H6213 in the work,^H4399 and with the other^H259 held^H2388 his weapon;^H7973

18 ♥ 📝 and the builders,^H1129 every one^H376 had his sword^H2719 girded^H631 by his side,^H4975 and so builded.^H1129 And he that sounded^H8628 the trumpet^H7782 was by me.^H681

19 ♥ 📝 And I said^H559 unto the nobles,^H2715 and to the rulers^H5461 and to the rest^H3499 of the people,^H5971 The work^H4399 is great^H7235 and large,^H7342 and we are separated^H6504 upon the wall,^H2346 one^H376 far from^H7350 another:^H251

20 ♥ 📝 in what place^H4725 soever ye hear^H8085 the sound^H6963 of the trumpet,^H7782 resort^H6908 ye thither unto us; our God^H430 will fight^H3898 for us.

21 ♥ 📝 So we wrought^H6213 in the work:^H4399 and half^H2677 of them held^H2388 the spears^H7420 from the rising^H5927 of the morning^H7837 till the stars^H3556 appeared.^H3318

22 ♥ 📝 Likewise at the same time^H6256 said^H559 I unto the people,^H5971 Let every one^H376 with his servant^H5288 lodge^H3885 within^H8432 Jerusalem,^H3389 that in the night^H3915 they may be a guard^H4929 to us, and may labor^H4399 in the day.^H3117

23 ♥ 📝 So neither I, nor my brethren,^H251 nor my servants,^H5288 nor the men^H582 of the guard^H4929 that followed^H310 me, none of us^H587 put off^H6584 our clothes,^H899 every one^H376 [went with] his weapon^H7973 [to] the water.^H4325