Nehemiah 4:1-2 ▼

1 When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and very much incensed. He ridiculed the Jews,

2 saying in the presence of his associates and the troops of Samaria: “What are these miserable Jews trying to do? Will they complete their restoration in a single day? Will they recover these stones, burnt as they are, from the heaps of dust?”