Nehemiah 4:1-23

The *Jews build Jerusalem’s city wall again

Nehemiah

Robert Bryce and Robert Betts

Chapter 4

v1 Sanballat heard that we were building the wall again. So he became very angry. He laughed at the *Jews. v2 His companions and the army from the country called Samaria were with him. Sanballat said in front of all these people, ‘Those weak *Jews are stupid. They will not really repair their wall and offer *sacrifices. You cannot build a great city in a day. Fire has burned the stones and they are now just piles of rubbish. You cannot make stones live. And you cannot build a city wall out of rubbish.’ v3 Tobiah, from the country called Ammon, was with Sanballat. Tobiah said, ‘They intend to build a wall. But their wall is as weak as a pile of stones. It would fall down if a fox climbed on it!’