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Do not hide their guilt. Do not take away their sins so you can’t see them. The builders have seen them make you angry.”

So we rebuilt the wall until all of it went halfway up. The people were willing to work hard.

But Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the men from Ashdod were very angry. They heard that the repairs to Jerusalem’s walls were continuing. And they heard that the holes in the wall were being closed.

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Do not cover up their guilt(A) or blot out their sins from your sight,(B) for they have thrown insults in the face of[a] the builders.

So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.

But when Sanballat, Tobiah,(C) the Arabs, the Ammonites and the people of Ashdod heard that the repairs to Jerusalem’s walls had gone ahead and that the gaps were being closed, they were very angry.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 4:5 Or have aroused your anger before