<vn='1'>But it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, that <sn="834">when</s><sn="5571">Sanballat</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="587">we</s><sn="1129">built</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2346">wall</s>, he was <sn="2734">wroth</s>, and took great <sn="7235 3707">indignation</s>, and <sn="3932 5921">mocked</s> the <sn="3064">Jews</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And he <sn="559">spoke</s><sn="6440">before</s> his <sn="251">brethren</s> and the <sn="2428">army</s> of <sn="8111">Samaria</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">What</s><sn="6213">do</s> these <sn="537">feeble</s><sn="3064">Jews</s>? will they <sn="5800">fortify</s> themselves? will they <sn="2076">sacrifice</s>? will they make an <sn="3615">end</s> in a <sn="3117">day</s>? will they <sn="2421">revive</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="68">stones</s> out of the <sn="4480 6194">heaps</s> of the <sn="6083">rubbish</s><sn="1992">which</s> are <sn="8313">burned</s>? </v>
<vn='3'>Now <sn="2900">Tobiah</s> the <sn="5984">Ammonite</s> was <sn="681">by</s> him, and he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1571">Even</s> that <sn="834">which</s><sn="1992">they</s><sn="1129">build</s>, <sn="518">if</s> a <sn="7776">fox</s> go <sn="5927">up</s>, he shall even break <sn="6555">down</s> their <sn="68">stone</s><sn="2346">wall</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="8085">Hear</s>, O our <sn="430">God</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> we <sn="1961">are</s><sn="939">despised</s>: and <sn="7725">turn</s> their <sn="2781">reproach</s><sn="413">upon</s> their own <sn="7218">head</s>, and <sn="5414">give</s> them for a <sn="961">prey</s> in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="7633">captivity</s>: </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="3680 5921">cover</s><sn="408">not</s> their <sn="5771">iniquity</s>, and let <sn="408">not</s> their <sn="2403">sin</s> be blotted <sn="4229">out</s> from <sn="4480 6440">before</s> thee: <sn="3588">for</s> they have provoked thee to <sn="3707">anger</s><sn="5048">before</s> the <sn="1129">builders</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>So <sn="1129">built</s> we <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2346">wall</s>; and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2346">wall</s> was joined <sn="7194">together</s><sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="2677">half</s> thereof: for the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="1961">had</s> a <sn="3820">mind</s> to <sn="6213">work</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>But it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, that <sn="834">when</s><sn="5571">Sanballat</s>, and <sn="2900">Tobiah</s>, and the <sn="6163">Arabians</s>, and the <sn="5984">Ammonites</s>, and the <sn="796">Ashdodites</s>, <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="2346">walls</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> were made <sn="5927 724">up</s>, and <sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="6555">breaches</s><sn="2490">began</s> to be <sn="5640">stopped</s>, then they were <sn="3966">very</s><sn="2734">wroth</s>, </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="7194">conspired</s><sn="3605">all</s> of them <sn="3162">together</s> to <sn="935">come</s> and to <sn="3898">fight</s> against <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and to <sn="6213 8442">hinder</s> it. </v>
<vn='9'>Nevertheless we made our <sn="6419">prayer</s><sn="413">unto</s> our <sn="430">God</s>, and <sn="5975">set</s> a <sn="4929">watch</s><sn="5921">against</s> them <sn="3119">day</s> and <sn="3915">night</s>, because <sn="4480 6440">of</s> them. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="559">said</s>, The <sn="3581">strength</s> of the bearers of <sn="5449">burdens</s> is <sn="3782">decayed</s>, and there is <sn="7235">much</s><sn="6083">rubbish</s>; so that <sn="587">we</s> are <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3201">able</s> to <sn="1129">build</s> the <sn="2346">wall</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And our <sn="6862">adversaries</s><sn="559">said</s>, They shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3045">know</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="7200">see</s>, <sn="5704 834">till</s> we <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">in</s> the midst <sn="8432">among</s> them, and <sn="2026">slay</s> them, and cause <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4399">work</s> to <sn="7673">cease</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, that <sn="834">when</s> the <sn="3064">Jews</s> which <sn="3427">dwelt</s><sn="681">by</s> them <sn="935">came</s>, they <sn="559">said</s> unto us <sn="6235">ten</s><sn="6471">times</s>, From <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="4725">places</s><sn="834">whence</s> ye shall <sn="7725">return</s><sn="5921">unto</s> us they will be upon you. </v>
<vn='13'>Therefore <sn="5975">set</s> I in the <sn="4480 8482">lower</s><sn="4725">places</s><sn="4480 310">behind</s> the <sn="2346">wall</s>, and on the higher <sn="6706">places</s>, I even <sn="5975">set</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s> after their <sn="4940">families</s><sn="5973">with</s> their <sn="2719">swords</s>, their <sn="7420">spears</s>, and their <sn="7198">bows</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And I <sn="7200">looked</s>, and rose <sn="6965">up</s>, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="2715">nobles</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5461">rulers</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s>, Be <sn="408">not</s> ye <sn="3372">afraid</s><sn="4480 6440">of</s> them: <sn="2142">remember</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="136">Lord</s>, which is <sn="1419">great</s> and <sn="3372">terrible</s>, and <sn="3898">fight</s><sn="5921">for</s> your <sn="251">brethren</s>, your <sn="1121">sons</s>, and your <sn="1323">daughters</s>, your <sn="802">wives</s>, and your <sn="1004">houses</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="834">when</s> our <sn="341">enemies</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="3588">that</s> it was <sn="3045">known</s> unto us, and <sn="430">God</s> had brought their counsel to <sn="6565 *853 6098">naught</s>, that we <sn="7725">returned</s><sn="3605">all</s> of us <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="2346">wall</s>, every <sn="376">one</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="4399">work</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s><sn="4480">from</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">time</s> forth, that the <sn="2677">half</s> of my <sn="5288">servants</s><sn="6213">wrought</s> in the <sn="4399">work</s>, and the other <sn="2677">half</s> of them <sn="2388">held</s> both the <sn="7420">spears</s>, the <sn="4043">shields</s>, and the <sn="7198">bows</s>, and the <sn="8302">habergeons</s>; and the <sn="8269">rulers</s> were <sn="310">behind</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>They which <sn="1129">built</s> on the <sn="2346">wall</s>, and they that <sn="5375">bore</s><sn="5447">burdens</s>, with those that <sn="6006">laded</s>, every one with <sn="259">one</s> of his <sn="3027">hands</s><sn="6213">wrought</s> in the <sn="4399">work</s>, and with the <sn="259">other</s> hand <sn="2388">held</s> a <sn="7973">weapon</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>For the <sn="1129">builders</s>, every <sn="376">one</s> had his <sn="2719">sword</s><sn="631">girded</s><sn="5921">by</s> his <sn="4975">side</s>, and so <sn="1129">built</s>. And he that <sn="8628">sounded</s> the <sn="7782">trumpet</s> was <sn="681">by</s> me. </v>
<vn='19'>And I <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="2715">nobles</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5461">rulers</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s>, The <sn="4399">work</s> is <sn="7235">great</s> and <sn="7342">large</s>, and <sn="587">we</s> are <sn="6504">separated</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="2346">wall</s>, <sn="376">one</s><sn="7350">far</s> from <sn="4480 251">another</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>In <sn="834">what</s><sn="4725">place</s> therefore ye <sn="8085">hear</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6963">sound</s> of the <sn="7782">trumpet</s>, <sn="6908">resort</s> ye <sn="8033">thither</s><sn="413">unto</s> us: our <sn="430">God</s> shall <sn="3898">fight</s> for us. </v>
<vn='21'>So <sn="587">we</s><sn="6213">labored</s> in the <sn="4399">work</s>: and <sn="2677">half</s> of them <sn="2388">held</s> the <sn="7420">spears</s> from the <sn="4480 5927">rising</s> of the <sn="7837">morning</s><sn="5704">till</s> the <sn="3556">stars</s><sn="3318">appeared</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="1571">Likewise</s> at the <sn="1931">same</s><sn="6256">time</s><sn="559">said</s> I unto the <sn="5971">people</s>, Let every <sn="376">one</s> with his <sn="5288">servant</s><sn="3885">lodge</s><sn="8432">within</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, that in the <sn="3915">night</s> they may <sn="1961">be</s> a <sn="4929">guard</s> to us, and <sn="4399">labor</s> on the <sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>So <sn="369">neither</s><sn="589">I</s>, nor my <sn="251">brethren</s>, nor my <sn="5288">servants</s>, nor the <sn="376">men</s> of the <sn="4929">guard</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="310">followed</s> me, <sn="369">none</s> of <sn="587">us</s> put <sn="6584">off</s> our <sn="899">clothes</s>, saving that every <sn="376">one</s> put them <sn="7971">off</s> for <sn="4325">washing</s>. </v>