16:004:005 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted
out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger
before the builders.
16:004:006 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
16:004:007 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
16:004:008 And conspired all of them together to come and to fight
against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
16:004:009 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch
against them day and night, because of them.
16:004:010 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is
decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to
build the wall.
16:004:011 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see,
till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause
the work to cease.
16:004:012 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them
came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye
shall return unto us they will be upon you.
16:004:013 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on
the higher places, I even set the people after their families
with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
16:004:014 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.