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Nehemiah 4:2

and spake before his brethren, and the army of Samaria, and said, What are, these feeble Jews, doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they bring to life the stones out of the heaps of dust, when, they, have been burned up?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

1But it came to pass, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, it angered him, and he was greatly displeased,—and mocked the Jews;

3Now, Tobiah the Ammonite, was beside him,—so he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox should go up, he would break down their stone wall!

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Cross References

1 Samuel 14:11So they two discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines,—and the Philistines said—Lo! Hebrews, coming forth out of the holes, wherein they had hidden themselves.

Ezra 4:4Then came it to pass, that, the people of the land, were weakening the hands of the people of Judah,—and troubling them in building;

Nehemiah 4:10Then said Judah, The strength of the burden-bearer faileth, and, the rubbish, aboundeth,—and, we, are not able to build at the wall;

Nehemiah 12:43And they sacrificed, on that day, great sacrifices, and rejoiced, for, God, had caused them to rejoice with great joy, moreover also, the women and children, rejoiced,—so that the rejoicing of Jerusalem was heard afar off.

Ezekiel 37:3Then said he unto me, Son of man. Can these bones, live? And I said My Lord Yahweh, thou, knowest!

Habakkuk 3:2O Yahweh, I have heard tidings of thee, I am afraid. O Yahweh! Thy work—in the midst of the years, O revive it, in the midst of the years, wilt thou make known? In trouble, wilt thou remember, compassion?

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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