Verse 4
Nehemiah 4:4
World English Bible, British Edition
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“Hear, our God (Elohim), for we are despised. Turn back their reproach on
their own head. Give them up for a plunder in a land of captivity.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוּדָ֗ה כָּשַׁל֙ כֹּ֣חַ הַ/סַּבָּ֔ל וְ/הֶ/עָפָ֖ר הַרְבֵּ֑ה וַ/אֲנַ֨חְנוּ֙ לֹ֣א נוּכַ֔ל לִ/בְנ֖וֹת בַּ/חוֹמָֽה
English Translation
And Judah said, "The strength of the burden is failing, and there is much dust, and we are not able to rebuild the wall."
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Chapter 4 Context
1
But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and
was very indignant, and m...
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2
He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, “What
are these feeble Jews doing? W...
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3
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, “What they are
building, if a fox climbed up it, he...
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4
“Hear, our God (Elohim), for we are despised. Turn back their reproach on
their own head. Give them...
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Don’t cover their iniquity. Don’t let their sin be blotted out from before
you; for they have insult...
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6
So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half
its height, for the people had a...
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7
But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the
Ashdodites heard that the repairing...
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8
and they all conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and
to cause confusion amongst...
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9
But we made our prayer to our God (Elohim), and set a watch against them day and
night because of th...
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10
Judah said, “The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading
and there is much rubble, so that we a...
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11
Our adversaries said, “They will not know or see, until we come in amongst
them and kill them, and c...
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12
When the Jews who lived by them came, they said to us ten times
from all places, “Wherever you turn,...
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13
Therefore I set guards in the lowest parts of the space behind
the wall, in the open places. I set t...
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14
I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, to the rulers, and to
the rest of the people, “Don’t...
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15
When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God (Elohim) had brought
their counsel to nothin...
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16
From that time forth, half of my servants did the work, and half of
them held the spears, the shield...
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17
Those who built the wall, and those who bore burdens loaded themselves;
everyone with one of his han...
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18
Amongst the builders, everyone wore his sword at his side, and so built.
He who sounded the trumpet...
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19
I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people,
“The work is great and widely...
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20
Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally there to us. Our God (Elohim)
will fight for us.”
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So we did the work. Half of the people held the spears from the
rising of the morning until the star...
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22
Likewise at the same time I said to the people, “Let everyone with his
servant lodge within Jerusale...
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23
So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard
who followed me took off ou...
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