Nehemiah 4:9-11

New International Reader's Version

⁹ But we prayed to our God. We put guards on duty day and night to watch out for danger.

¹⁰ During that time, the people in Judah spoke up. They said, “The workers are getting weaker and weaker all the time. Broken stones are piled up everywhere. They are in our way. So we can’t rebuild the wall.”

¹¹ And our enemies said, “We will be right there among them. We’ll kill them. We’ll put an end to their work. We’ll do it before they even know it or see us.”