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Can they rebuild it by themselves? Are they going to offer sacrifices? Can they finish it in a day? Will they get the stones out of the rubbish heaps, burned as these stones are, and give them new strength?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside Sanballat, said, "Even a fox would make their stone wall collapse if it walked on top of what they're building!"</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>[Nehemiah prayed,] "Our God, hear us. We are despised. Turn their insults back on them, and let them be robbed in the land where they are prisoners. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Don't ignore their guilt, and don't let their sins disappear from your records. They have insulted you in front of these builders."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So we rebuilt the wall, which was rebuilt to about half its [original] height. The people worked with determination.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the people from Ashdod heard that the repair work on the walls of Jerusalem was making progress and that the gaps were being filled in, they became furious. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>All of them plotted to attack Jerusalem to create confusion.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But we prayed to our God and set guards to protect us day and night.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then the people of Judah said, "The work crews are worn out, and there is too much rubble. We can't continue to rebuild the wall."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Our enemies said, "Before they know what is happening or see a thing, we will be right in the middle of them. We'll kill them and bring the work to an end." <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Jews who were living near our enemies warned us ten times that our enemies would attack us from every direction. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>That is why I positioned people by their families behind the wall where it was lowest and most exposed. The people were armed with swords, spears, and bows. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I looked them over and proceeded to tell the nobles, the leaders, and the rest of the people, "Don't be afraid of our enemies. Remember how great and awe-inspiring the LORD is. Fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>When our enemies heard that we knew about their plots and that God had prevented their plans from being successful, we all went back to the work on the wall. Each person performed his own job. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>From that day on, half of my men worked on the wall, and the other half were wearing body armor and holding spears, shields, and bows. The leaders stood behind all the Judeans <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>who were rebuilding the wall. The workers who were carrying loads did the work with one hand and held their weapons with the other, <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and each builder had his sword fastened to his side. The man who was supposed to sound the trumpet alarm was with me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>I told the nobles, the leaders, and the rest of the people, "So much work has to be done in different places that we are widely separated from one another on the wall. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>When you hear the trumpet, assemble around me. Our God will fight for us!"</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>So we continued to work. Half of us held spears from early dawn until the stars came out. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>At that time I told the people, "Every man and his servant should stay overnight in Jerusalem so that we can set a guard at night and work during the day." <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>My brothers, my servants, and the guards assigned to me never changed their clothes. Neither did I. We each kept our weapons at hand.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of <a href="//www.godsword.org" target="_top">God's Word to the Nations</a>. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. 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