{"id":1250,"date":"2015-01-10T13:47:07","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T13:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/neh04\/"},"modified":"2019-08-28T13:09:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T17:09:46","slug":"neh04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/neh04\/","title":{"rendered":"Nehemiah 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 4<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Now Tobiah the Ammonite <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked <span class=\"add\">thee<\/span> to anger before the builders.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But it came to pass, <span class=\"add\">that<\/span> when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, <span class=\"add\">and<\/span> that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And conspired all of them together to come <span class=\"add\">and<\/span> to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and <span class=\"add\">there is<\/span> much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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 <span class=\"add\">they will be upon you.<\/span> <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, <span class=\"add\">and<\/span> on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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, <span class=\"add\">which is<\/span> great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And it came to pass from that time forth, <span class=\"add\">that<\/span> the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers <span class=\"add\">were<\/span> behind all the house of Judah.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, <span class=\"add\">every one<\/span> with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other <span class=\"add\">hand<\/span> held a weapon.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\">18\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and <span class=\"add\">so<\/span> builded. And he that sounded the trumpet <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> by me. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V19\">19\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V20\">20\u00a0<\/a><\/span>In what place <span class=\"add\">therefore<\/span> ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V21\">21\u00a0<\/a><\/span>So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V22\">22\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V23\">23\u00a0<\/a><\/span>So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, <span class=\"add\">saving that<\/span> every one put them off for washing. <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>Nehemiah Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/neh01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/neh02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/neh03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/neh04\">4<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/neh05\">5<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/neh06\">6<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/neh07\">7<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/neh08\">8<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/neh09\">9<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/neh10\">10<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/neh11\">11<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/neh12\">12<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/neh13\">13<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 1\u00a0But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. 2\u00a0And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? 3\u00a0Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. 4\u00a0Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: 5\u00a0And 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. 6\u00a0So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work. 7\u00a0But 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, 8\u00a0And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. 9\u00a0Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. 10\u00a0And 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. 11\u00a0And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-1250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-nehemiah"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3581,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250\/revisions\/3581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}