² He spoke in the presence of his brothers and ^(A)the ^[a]wealthy men of Samaria and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Are they going to restore it for themselves? Can they offer sacrifices? Can they complete it in a day? Can they bring the stones to life from the ^[b](B)dusty rubble, though they are burned?” ³ Now Tobiah the Ammonite was near him and he said, “Even what they are building—^(C)if a fox should ^[c]jump on it, he would break their stone wall down!”

^4 (D)Hear, O our God, for we are despised! ^(E)Return their reproach on their own heads and give them up for plunder in a land of captivity.

² And it happened ^[a]when it had ^(A)completed eating the vegetation of the land, that I said,

⁵ Then I said,

³ ‘Who among you ^(A)remains who saw this house in its ^(B)former glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not seem like nothing in your eyes?