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Nehemiah 4 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Sanballat and Tobiah Mock the Jews’ Work

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[fn]Now it happened that when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and very vexed and mocked the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:2 - He spoke in the presence of his brothers and the [fn]wealthy men of Samaria and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Are they going to restore it for themselves? Can they offer sacrifices? Can they complete it in a day? Can they bring the stones to life from the [fn]dusty rubble, though they are burned?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:3 - Now Tobiah the Ammonite was near him and he said, “Even what they are building—if a fox should [fn]jump on it, he would break their stone wall down!”

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Hear, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own heads and give them up for plunder in a land of captivity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:5 - Do not [fn]forgive their iniquity and let not their sin be blotted out before You, for they have [fn]vexed the builders.

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So we built the wall and the whole wall was joined together to half its height, and the people had a heart to work.

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[fn]Now it happened that when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the [fn]repair of the walls of Jerusalem went on, and that the places broken down began to be closed, they were very angry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:8 - All of them joined together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause a disturbance in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:9 - But we prayed to our God, and because of them we stood a guard against them day and night.

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Then Judah said,

“The [fn]strength of the burden bearers is failing,

Yet there is much [fn]rubbish;

And we ourselves are unable

To rebuild the wall.”

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Our adversaries said, “They will not know or see until we come among them, kill them, and put a stop to the work.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:12 - Now it happened when the Jews who lived near them came and said to us ten times, “[fn]They will come up against us from every place where you may turn,”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:13 - that I had men stand in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, the [fn]exposed places, and I had the people stand by families with their swords, spears, and bows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:14 - Then I saw their fear. And I arose and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: “Do not fear them; remember the Lord who is great and fearsome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”

Doing the Work and Holding a Weapon

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Now it happened that when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had thwarted their counsel, then all of us returned to the wall, each one to his work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:16 - And it happened that from that day on, half of my young men carried on the work while half of them took hold of the spears, the shields, the bows, and the breastplates; and the commanders were behind the whole house of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:17 - Those who were rebuilding the wall and those who carried burdens took their load with one hand doing the work and the other holding a weapon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:18 - As for the builders, each wore his sword girded at his side as he built, while [fn]the trumpeter stood near me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:19 - I said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “The work is great and extensive, and we are separated on the wall far from one another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:20 - “At whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, there gather together to us. Our God will fight for us.”

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So we kept doing the work with half of them holding spears from [fn]dawn until the stars came out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:22 - At that time I also said to the people, “Let each man with his young man spend the night within Jerusalem so that they may be a guard for us by night and a worker by day.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:23 - So neither I, my brothers, my young men, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us removed our clothes, each took his weapon even to the water.
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LSB Footnotes
Ch 3:33 in Heb
Or army
Lit heaps of dust
Lit go up
Lit cover
Or offended against
Ch 4:1 in Heb
Lit healing
Lit power
Lit dust
As in Gr; Heb omits They...up
Lit bare
Lit he who sounded the trumpet
Lit rising of the dawn
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