Nehemiah 4:10-12

Living Bible

¹⁰ Then some of the leaders began complaining that the workmen were becoming tired; and there was so much rubble to be removed that we could never get it done by ourselves. ¹¹ Meanwhile, our enemies were planning to swoop down upon us and kill us, thus ending our work. ¹² And whenever the workers who lived in the nearby cities went home for a visit, our enemies tried to talk them out of returning to Jerusalem.