4:1
factum est autem cum audisset Sanaballat quod aedificaremusmurum iratus est valde et motus nimis subsannavit Iudaeos

4:2
et dixit coram fratribus suis et frequentia Samaritanorumquid Iudaei inbecilli faciunt num dimittent eos gentes numsacrificabunt et conplebunt in una die numquid aedificarepoterunt lapides de acervis pulveris qui conbusti sunt

4:3
sed et Tobias Ammanites proximus eius ait aedificent siascenderit vulpis transiliet murum eorum lapideum

4:4
audi Deus noster quia facti sumus despectio converteobprobrium super caput eorum et da eos in despectionem in terracaptivitatis

4:5
ne operias iniquitatem eorum et peccatum eorum coram facietua non deleatur quia inriserunt aedificantes

4:6
itaque aedificavimus murum et coniunximus totum usque adpartem dimidiam et provocatum est cor populi ad operandum

4:7
factum est autem cum audisset Sanaballat et Tobias et Arabeset Ammanitae et Azotii quod obducta esset cicatrix muriHierusalem et quod coepissent interrupta concludi irati suntnimis

4:8
et congregati omnes pariter ut venirent et pugnarent contraHierusalem et molirentur insidias

4:9
et oravimus Deum nostrum et posuimus custodes super murumdie et nocte contra eos

4:10
dixit autem Iudas debilitata est fortitudo portantis ethumus nimia est et nos non poterimus aedificare murum

4:11
et dixerunt hostes nostri nesciant et ignorent donecveniamus in medio eorum et interficiamus eos et cessarefaciamus opus

4:12
factum est autem venientibus Iudaeis qui habitabant iuxtaeos et dicentibus nobis per decem vices ex omnibus locis quibusvenerant ad nos

4:13
statui in loco post murum per circuitum populum in ordinecum gladiis suis et lanceis et arcis

4:14
perspexi atque surrexi et aio ad optimates et admagistratus et ad reliquam partem vulgi nolite timere a facieeorum Domini magni et terribilis mementote et pugnate profratribus vestris filiis vestris et filiabus vestris uxoribusvestris et domibus

4:15
factum est autem cum audissent inimici nostri nuntiatumesse nobis dissipavit Deus consilium eorum et reversi sumusomnes ad muros unusquisque ad opus suum

4:16
et factum est a die illa media pars iuvenum eorum faciebantopus et media parata erat ad bellum et lanceae et scuta etarcus et loricae et principes post eos in omni domo Iuda

4:17
aedificantium in muro et portantium onera et inponentiumuna manu sua faciebat opus et altera tenebat gladium

4:18
aedificantium enim unusquisque gladio erat accinctus reneset aedificabant et clangebant bucina iuxta me

4:19
et dixi ad optimates et ad magistratus et ad reliquampartem vulgi opus grande est et latum et nos separati sumus inmuro procul alter ab altero

4:20
in loco quocumque audieritis clangorem tubae illucconcurrite ad nos Deus noster pugnabit pro nobis

4:21
et nos ipsi faciamus opus et media pars nostrum teneatlanceas ab ascensu aurorae donec egrediantur astra

4:22
in tempore quoque illo dixi populo unusquisque cum puerosuo maneat in medio Hierusalem et sint vobis vices per noctemet diem ad operandum

4:23
ego autem et fratres mei et pueri mei et custodes qui erantpost me non deponebamus vestimenta nostra unusquisque tantumnudabatur ad baptismum

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004:001
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.

004:002
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?

004:003
Now 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.

004:004
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:

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.

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.

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,

004:008
And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

004:009
Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

004:015
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.

004:016
And it came to pass from that time forth, that 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 were behind all the house of Judah.

004:017
They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.

004:018
For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

004:019
And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.

004:020
In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.

004:021
So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

004:022
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.

004:023
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, saving that every one put them off for washing.

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