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But it came to pass, that when Sanballat
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heard
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that we were building
H2346
the wall,
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he was angry,
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and felt great
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indignation,
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and mocked
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the Judeans.
2
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And he spoke
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at the face of
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his brethren
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and the army
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of Samaria,
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and said,
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What do
H537
these feeble
H3064
Judeans?
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will they fortify
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themselves? will they sacrifice?
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will they finish
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in a day?
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will they revive
H68
the stones
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out of the heaps
H6083
of the rubbish
H8313 [H8803]
which are burned?
3
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Now Tobiah
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the Ammonite
H681
was by him,
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and he said,
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Even that which they build,
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if a fox
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should go up,
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he would even break down
H68
their stone
H2346
wall.
4
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Hear,
H430
O our God;
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for we are despised:
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and turn
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their reproach
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upon their own head,
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and give
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them for a spoil
H776
in the land
H7633
of captivity:
5
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And cover
H5771
not their perversity,
H2403
and let not their sin
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be blotted out
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from the face of
H3707 [H8689]
thee: for they have provoked thee to anger
H1129 [H8802]
before the builders.
6
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So we built
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the wall;
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and all the wall
H7194 [H8735]
was joined together
H2677
to the half
H5971
of it: for the people
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had a heart
H6213 [H8800]
to work.
7
H5571
But it came to pass, when Sanballat,
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and Tobiah,
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and the Arabians,
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and the Ammonites,
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and the Ashdodites,
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heard
H2346
that the walls
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of Jerusalem
H724 H5927 [H8804]
were set up,
H6555 [H8803]
and that the breaches
H2490 [H8689]
began
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to be closed,
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then they were very
H2734 [H8799]
angry,
8
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And conspired
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all of them together
H935 [H8800]
to come
H3898 [H8736]
and to fight
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against Jerusalem,
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and to hinder it.
9
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Nevertheless we made our prayer
H430
to our God,
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and set
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a watch
H3119
against them day
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and night,
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because of them.
10
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And Judah
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said,
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The strength
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of the bearers of burdens
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is failing,
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and there is much
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rubbish;
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so that we are not able
H1129 [H8800]
to build
H2346
the wall.
11
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And our constricters
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said,
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They shall not know,
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neither see,
H935 [H8799]
till we come
H8432
in the midst
H8432
among
H2026 [H8804]
them, and slay
H4399
them, and cause the work
H7673 [H8689]
to cease.
12
H3064
And it came to pass, that when the Judeans
H3427 [H8802]
who dwelt
H681
by them
H935 [H8804]
came,
H559 [H8799]
they said
H6235
to us ten
H6471
times,
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From all places
H7725 [H8799]
where ye shall return to us they will be upon you.
13
H5975 [H8686]
Therefore I set
H8482
in the lower
H4725
places
H310
behind
H2346
the wall,
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and on the higher places,
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I even set
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the people
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according to their families
H2719
with their swords,
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their spears,
H7198
and their bows.
14
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And I looked,
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and arose,
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and said
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to the nobles,
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and to the rulers,
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and to the rest
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of the people,
H3372 [H8799]
Be ye not afraid
H6440
of them:
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remember
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the Sovereign,
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who is great
H3372 [H8737]
and terrible,
H3898 [H8734]
and fight
H251
for your brethren,
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your sons,
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and your daughters,
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your wives,
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and your houses.
15
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And it came to pass, when our enemies
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heard
H3045 [H8738]
that it was known
H430
to us, and God
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had brought
H6098
their counsel
H6565 [H8686]
to nought,
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that we returned
H2346
all of us to the wall,
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every one
H4399
to his work.
16
H3117
And it came to pass from that time
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forth, that the half
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of my servants
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wrought
H4399
in the work,
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and the other half
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of them held
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both the spears,
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the shields,
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and the bows,
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and the coats of mail;
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and the rulers
H310
were behind
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all the house
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of Judah.
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They who built
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on the wall,
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and they that bore
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burdens,
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loaded themselves,
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every one with one
H3027
of his hands
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wrought
H4399
in the work,
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and with the other
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hand held
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a weapon.
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For the builders,
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every one
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had his sword
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girded
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by his side,
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and so built.
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And he that sounded
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the shofar
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was by me.
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And I said
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to the nobles,
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and to the rulers,
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and to the rest
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of the people,
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The work
H7235 [H8687]
is great
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and large,
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and we are separated
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upon the wall,
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one
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far from
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another.
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In what place
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therefore ye hear
H6963
the sound
H7782
of the shofar,
H6908 [H8735]
resort
H430
ye there to us: our God
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shall fight for us.
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So we laboured
H4399
in the work:
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and half
H2388 [H8688]
of them held
H7420
the spears
H5927 [H8800]
from the rising
H7837
of the morning
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till the stars
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appeared.