1 But|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5927" pass|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588", when|strong="H3588" Sanballat|strong="H5571" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3068" builded the|strong="H8085" wall|strong="H2346", he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" wroth|strong="H2734", and|strong="H3389" took|strong="H5927" great|strong="H3966" indignation, and|strong="H3389" mocked the|strong="H8085" Jews.
2 And|strong="H3389" he|strong="H6213" spake before his|strong="H3605" brethren and|strong="H3389" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H3389" of|strong="H3605" Samaria, and|strong="H3389" said, What|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6213" feeble Jews? will|strong="H3389" they|strong="H6213" fortify themselves|strong="H6213"? will|strong="H3389" they|strong="H6213" sacrifice|strong="H6213"? will|strong="H3389" they|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" end in|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3068" day? will|strong="H3389" they|strong="H6213" revive the|strong="H3605" stones out|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" heaps of|strong="H3605" rubbish, seeing they|strong="H6213" are|strong="H6213" burned?
3 Now|strong="H5921" Tobiah the|strong="H6440" Ammonite was|strong="H6440" by|strong="H5921" him|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3119" he|strong="H5921" said, Even|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5975" which|strong="H4929" they|strong="H5921" build, if a|strong="H3068" fox go up|strong="H5975", he|strong="H5921" shall|strong="H6440" break down|strong="H6440" their|strong="H6440" stone wall.
4 Hear, O|strong="H3068" our God|strong="H3808"; for|strong="H1129" we|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3782" despised: and|strong="H3063" turn back their|strong="H3808" reproach upon|strong="H3063" their|strong="H3808" own head, and|strong="H3063" give|strong="H7235" them|strong="H1129" up|strong="H1129" to|strong="H3201" spoiling in|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3068" land of|strong="H2346" captivity:
5 and|strong="H7200" cover not|strong="H3808" their|strong="H7200" iniquity, and|strong="H7200" let|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" their|strong="H7200" sin be|strong="H3808" blotted out|strong="H7200" from|strong="H5704" before|strong="H5704" thee|strong="H7200": for|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3045" provoked thee to|strong="H5704" anger before|strong="H5704" the|strong="H7200" builders.
6 So|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3068" built the|strong="H3605" wall; and|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wall was|strong="H1961" joined together|strong="H5921" unto|strong="H7725" half the height thereof|strong="H3427": for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3068" mind to|strong="H7725" work.
7 But|strong="H5971" it|strong="H5975" came|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5971" pass|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971", when|strong="H5975" Sanballat, and|strong="H5971" Tobiah, and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5975" Arabians, and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5975" Ammonites, and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5975" Ashdodites, heard that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5975" repairing of|strong="H2346" the|strong="H5975" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H2346" Jerusalem went|strong="H5971" forward, and that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5975" breaches began to|strong="H5971" be|strong="H5971" stopped|strong="H5975", then|strong="H5975" they|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" very wroth;
8 and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" conspired all|strong="H7200" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5921" together|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" come|strong="H5971" and|strong="H1121" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" Jerusalem, and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5921" cause|strong="H5971" confusion therein.
9 But|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3045" our|strong="H3605" prayer unto|strong="H7725" our|strong="H3605" God, and|strong="H7725" set|strong="H7725" a|strong="H3068" watch|strong="H3045" against|strong="H8085" them|strong="H7725" day and|strong="H7725" night, because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H2346" them|strong="H7725".
10 And|strong="H3063" Judah|strong="H3063" said, The|strong="H3605" strength|strong="H2388" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" bearers of|strong="H1004" burdens is|strong="H1931" decayed, and|strong="H3063" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H1931" much|strong="H6213" rubbish; so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3117" not|strong="H6213" able to|strong="H1961" build|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" wall.
11 And|strong="H3027" our|strong="H6213" adversaries said, They|strong="H6213" shall|strong="H3027" not|strong="H6213" know, neither see, till we|strong="H3068" come|strong="H2346" into|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5375" midst of|strong="H3027" them|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" slay them|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" cause|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5375" work|strong="H4399" to|strong="H6213" cease.
12 And|strong="H2719" it|strong="H5921" came to|strong="H5921" pass that|strong="H2719", when|strong="H8628" the|strong="H5921" Jews which|strong="H2719" dwelt by|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" came, they|strong="H5921" said unto us|strong="H5921" ten times from|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" places, Ye|strong="H1129" must return unto us|strong="H5921".
13 Therefore|strong="H5921" set I|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" lowest parts|strong="H6504" of|strong="H2346" the|strong="H5921" space|strong="H7350" behind|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346", In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" open places, I|strong="H5921" even|strong="H5921" set the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" after|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" families with|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" swords, their|strong="H5921" spears, and|strong="H5971" their|strong="H5921" bows.
14 And|strong="H6963" I|strong="H8085" looked, and|strong="H6963" rose up|strong="H6908", and|strong="H6963" said|strong="H8085" unto|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" nobles, and|strong="H6963" to|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" rulers, and|strong="H6963" to|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" rest of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H6908", Be|strong="H6963" not|strong="H8085" ye|strong="H8085" afraid of|strong="H6963" them|strong="H8085": remember the|strong="H8085" Lord, which|strong="H8033" is|strong="H4725" great and|strong="H6963" terrible, and|strong="H6963" fight|strong="H3898" for|strong="H4725" your|strong="H8085" brethren, your|strong="H8085" sons and|strong="H6963" your|strong="H8085" daughters, your|strong="H8085" wives and|strong="H6963" your|strong="H8085" houses.
15 And|strong="H2388" it|strong="H6213" came|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5704" pass|strong="H6213", when|strong="H3318" our|strong="H3318" enemies heard that|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" was|strong="H4399" known|strong="H3318" unto|strong="H6213" us|strong="H6213", and|strong="H2388" God had|strong="H4399" brought|strong="H3318" their|strong="H2388" counsel to|strong="H5704" nought, that|strong="H6213" we|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H5927" all|strong="H5704" of|strong="H3318" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6213" wall, every|strong="H6213" one|strong="H6213" unto|strong="H6213" his|strong="H6213" work|strong="H4399".
16 And|strong="H3117" it|strong="H1931" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961" from|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" time|strong="H6256" forth|strong="H6256", that|strong="H5971" half|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3117" my|strong="H1961" servants|strong="H5288" wrought in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H8432" work|strong="H4399", and|strong="H3117" half|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H8432" held|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8432" spears, the|strong="H8432" shields, and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H8432" bows, and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H8432" coats of|strong="H3117" mail; and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H8432" rulers were|strong="H1961" behind all|strong="H3885" the|strong="H8432" house of|strong="H3117" Judah.
17 They that|strong="H5288" builded the|strong="H6584" wall and|strong="H5288" they that|strong="H5288" bare|strong="H5288" burdens laded themselves, every one with|strong="H4325" one of|strong="H4325" his|strong="H6584" hands wrought in|strong="H4325" the|strong="H6584" work, and|strong="H5288" with|strong="H4325" the|strong="H6584" other held his|strong="H6584" weapon|strong="H7973";
18 and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
19 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we|strong="H3068" are separated upon the wall, one far from another:
20 in what place soever ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us; our God shall fight for us.
21 So we|strong="H3068" wrought in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a|strong="H3068" guard to us, and may labour in the day.
23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, every one went with his weapon to the water.