Nehemiah 4:1-5 Now, Sanballat, hearing that we were building the wall, was very angry, and in his wrath made sport of the Jews.

NSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Now, Sanballat, hearing that we were building the wall, was very angry, and in his wrath made sport of the Jews. ² And in the hearing of his countrymen and the army of Samaria he said: »What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they make themselves strong? Will they make offerings? Will they get the work done in a day? Will they make the stones that have been burned come again out of the dust?« ³ Now Tobiah the Ammonite was with him, and he said: Such is their building that if a fox climbs to the top of it, their stonewall will be broken down. ⁴ Give ear, O our God, for we are ridiculed. Let their words of shame be turned back upon them, and let them be given up to plunder in a land where they are prisoners. ⁵ Do not let their wrongdoing be covered or their sin be washed away from before you: for they have made you angry before the builders.