Nehemiah 4:2

And he said before his brethren (that is the army of the Samaritans) Is it true that these Jews are building their city? do they indeed offer sacrifices? will they prevail? and will they this day restore the stones, after they have been burnt and made a heap of rubbish?

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

1Now it came to pass, when Sanaballat heard that we were building the wall, that it was grievous to him, and he was very angry, and railed against the Jews.

3And Tobias the Ammanite came near to him, and said to them, Do they sacrifice or eat in their place? shall not a fox go up and pull down their wall of stones?

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Cross References

1 Samuel 14:11And they both went in to Messab of the Philistines; and the Philistines + 14:11 Gr. say.said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of their caves, where they had hidden themselves.

Ezra 4:4And the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Juda, and hindered them in building,

Nehemiah 4:10And Juda said, The strength of the enemies is broken, yet there is much rubbish, and we shall not be able to build the wall.

Nehemiah 12:43And in that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced; for God had made them very joyful: and their wives and their children rejoiced: and the joy in Jerusalem was heard from afar off.

Ezekiel 37:3And he said to me, Son of man, will these bones live? and I said, O Lord God, thou knowest this.

Habakkuk 3:2O Lord, I have heard thy report, and was afraid: I considered thy works, and was amazed: thou shalt be known between the two living creatures, thou shalt be acknowledged when the years draw nigh; thou shalt be manifested when the time is come; when my soul is troubled, thou wilt in wrath remember mercy.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 4:2-7

The Opposition of Sanballat, &c.. ( b. c. 445.) 1 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. 2 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? 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they… Read the whole commentary →

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