Nehemiah 4:1-3

Common English Bible

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4 ^[a] When Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he became angry and raged. He mocked the Jews, ² saying in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria: “What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore things themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish it in a day? Will they revive the stones from the piles of rubble, even though they are burned?”

³ Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, added: “If even a fox climbs on whatever they build, their wall of stones will crumble.”