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1 Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall he became angry and was quite upset. He derided the Jews, 2 and in the presence of his colleagues and the army of Samaria he said, |What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they be left to themselves? Will they again offer sacrifice? Will they finish this in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones to life again from piles of dust?| 3 Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was close by, said, |If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!| 4 Hear, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own head! Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile! Nehemiah 4:1-4, New English Translation. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press.
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