4:1 Now
when
Sanballat
heard
that
we
were
building
the
wall,
he
was
angry
and
greatly
enraged,
and
he
jeered
at
the
Jews.
4:2 And
he
said
in
the
presence
of
his
brothers
and
of
the
army
of
Samaria,
"What
are
these
feeble
Jews
doing
Will
they
restore
it
for
themselves
Will
they
sacrifice
Will
they
finish
up
in
a
day
Will
they
revive
the
stones
out
of
the
heaps
of
rubbish,
and
burned
ones
at
that"
4:3 Tobiah
the
Ammonite
was
beside
him,
and
he
said,
"Yes,
what
they
are
building--if
a
fox
goes
up
on
it
he
will
break
down
their
stone
wall!"
4:4 Hear,
O
our
God,
for
we
are
despised.
Turn
back
their
taunt
on
their
own
heads
and
give
them
up
to
be
plundered
in
a
land
where
they
are
captives.
4:5 Do
not
cover
their
guilt,
and
let
not
their
sin
be
blotted
out
from
your
sight,
for
they
have
provoked
you
to
anger
in
the
presence
of
the
builders.
4:6 So
we
built
the
wall.
And
all
the
wall
was
joined
together
to
half
its
height,
for
the
people
had
a
mind
to
work.
4:7 But
when
Sanballat
and
Tobiah
and
the
Arabs
and
the
Ammonites
and
the
Ashdodites
heard
that
the
repairing
of
the
walls
of
Jerusalem
was
going
forward
and
that
the
breaches
were
beginning
to
be
closed,
they
were
very
angry.
4:8 And
they
all
plotted
together
to
come
and
fight
against
Jerusalem
and
to
cause
confusion
in
it.
4:9 And
we
prayed
to
our
God
and
set
a
guard
as
a
protection
against
them
day
and
night.
4:10 In
Judah
it
was
said,
"The
strength
of
those
who
bear
the
burdens
is
failing.
There
is
too
much
rubble.
By
ourselves
we
will
not
be
able
to
rebuild
the
wall."
4:11 And
our
enemies
said,
"They
will
not
know
or
see
till
we
come
among
them
and
kill
them
and
stop
the
work."
4:12 At
that
time
the
Jews
who
lived
near
them
came
from
all
directions
and
said
to
us
ten
times,
"You
must
return
to
us."
4:13 So
in
the
lowest
parts
of
the
space
behind
the
wall,
in
open
places,
I
stationed
the
people
by
their
clans,
with
their
swords,
their
spears,
and
their
bows.
4:14 And
I
looked
and
arose
and
said
to
the
nobles
and
to
the
officials
and
to
the
rest
of
the
people,
"Do
not
be
afraid
of
them.
Remember
the
Lord,
who
is
great
and
awesome,
and
fight
for
your
brothers,
your
sons,
your
daughters,
your
wives,
and
your
homes."
4:15 When
our
enemies
heard
that
it
was
known
to
us
and
that
God
had
frustrated
their
plan,
we
all
returned
to
the
wall,
each
to
his
work.
4:16 From
that
day
on,
half
of
my
servants
worked
on
construction,
and
half
held
the
spears,
shields,
bows,
and
coats
of
mail.
And
the
leaders
stood
behind
the
whole
house
of
Judah,
4:17 who
were
building
on
the
wall.
Those
who
carried
burdens
were
loaded
in
such
a
way
that
each
labored
on
the
work
with
one
hand
and
held
his
weapon
with
the
other.
4:18 And
each
of
the
builders
had
his
sword
strapped
at
his
side
while
he
built.
The
man
who
sounded
the
trumpet
was
beside
me.
4:19 And
I
said
to
the
nobles
and
to
the
officials
and
to
the
rest
of
the
people,
"The
work
is
great
and
widely
spread,
and
we
are
separated
on
the
wall,
far
from
one
another.
4:20 In
the
place
where
you
hear
the
sound
of
the
trumpet,
rally
to
us
there.
Our
God
will
fight
for
us."
4:21 So
we
labored
at
the
work,
and
half
of
them
held
the
spears
from
the
break
of
dawn
until
the
stars
came
out.
4:22 I
also
said
to
the
people
at
that
time,
"Let
every
man
and
his
servant
pass
the
night
within
Jerusalem,
that
they
may
be
a
guard
for
us
by
night
and
may
labor
by
day."
4:23 So
neither
I
nor
my
brothers
nor
my
servants
nor
the
men
of
the
guard
who
followed
me,
none
of
us
took
off
our
clothes;
each
kept
his
weapon
at
his
right
hand.