Nehemiah 4:1-5

Opposition Begins

1 Now it happened when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, [he] became angry and greatly provoked, and he mocked the Jews.

2 Then he said before his brothers and the army of Samaria, "What are the feeble Jews doing? Will they restore [these things] for themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish it in a day? Will they revive the stones from the piles of rubble--even those burned up?"

3 Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him and said, "Their wall of stone that they are building would break down if a fox went on it!"

4 Hear, our God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn on their head and give them over to plunder in the land of captivity.

5 Do not cover their guilt, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before you. They have {provoked the builders to anger}.

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Nehemiah 4:1-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 4

This chapter relates, how the Jews, while building, were mocked by their enemies, to which no answer was returned but by prayer to God, and they went on notwithstanding in their work, Ne 4:1-6 and how that their enemies conspired against them, to hinder them by force of arms, Ne 4:7-12 to oppose which, both spiritual and temporal weapons were made use of, so that the work was still carried on, Ne 4:13-23.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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[a]. Nehemiah 4:1-23 in the English Bible is 3:33-4:17 in the Hebrew Bible
[b]. Literally "provoked anger before the builders"

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Nehemiah 4:1-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 4

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