Nehemiah 4:10

10 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.

Nehemiah 4:10 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 4:10

And Judah said
Several of the men of Judah:

the strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed;
through much labour, in carrying heavy loads of stone and timber to the builders, and yet more through fear of the enemy:

and there is much rubbish;
which ought to be removed, but that the labourers were so weak that they could not do it:

so that we are not able to build the wall;
to finish it before the enemy comes to attack us.

Nehemiah 4:10 In-Context

8 and conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem and to hinder it.

9 Nevertheless, we made our prayer unto our God and set a watch over the builders day and night because of them.

10 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.

11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know or see until we come in the midst among them and slay them and cause the work to cease.

12 But it came to pass, that when the Jews who dwelt among them came, they advised us ten times of all the places from which they would come upon us.