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17 And I said to them, “You? see the distress that we are in—that Jerusalem is waste and its gates are burned with the fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may not be anymore a reproach.” 18 And I told them of the hand of my God that was good upon me, and also of the words of the king that he had spoken to me. And they said, “Let us rise up and build.” And they strengthened their hands for good. 19 And Sanballat the Horonite heard of it, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arab, and they laughed at us and despised us and said, “What is this thing that you? are doing? Are you? rebelling against the king?” 20 And I returned to them word and said to them, “The God of the heavens, He will prosper us, and we His servants will arise and build. And you? have no heritage or right or memorial in Jerusalem.” Nehemiah 2:17-20, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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