ESV Reformation Study Bible – Neh 4:10
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Neh 4:10

4:10 In Judah it was said. A collective term is used, emphasizing that discouragement was widespread.

The strength . . . the wall. Perhaps this poetic couplet was chanted by the people. Part of the reason that they were discouraged was simply that the work was hard.