Neemias 4:7

7 Quando, porém, Sambalate, Tobias, os árabes, os amonitas e os homens de Asdode souberam que os reparos nos muros de Jerusalém tinham avançado e que as brechas estavam sendo fechadas, ficaram furiosos.

Neemias 4:7 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 4:7

And it came to pass that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the
Arabians
Who were under and influenced by Geshem the Arabian:

and the Ammonites;
over whom Tobiah was governor:

and the Ashdodites;
who were of Ashdod or Azotus, one of the principalities of the Philistines, who were always enemies to the Jews:

heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up;
or "the length of them went up" ^F4; that is, the height of them; that they rose up high apace, and were got up to, or almost to their proper height:

and that the breaches began to be stopped;
for the walls were not all thrown down by the Chaldeans, but breaches made here and there, which were now repaired:

then they were very wroth;
and could not avoid showing it; before they mocked them, as attempting what they could not go through with; but now, perceiving the work went on with great success, they were enraged.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (hkwra htle) "ascendisset longitudo", Montanus; so Coeceius in rad. (Kra) .

Neemias 4:7 In-Context

5 Não perdoes os seus pecados nem apagues as suas maldades, pois provocaram a tua ira diante dos construtores.

6 Nesse meio tempo fomos reconstruindo o muro, até que em toda a sua extensão chegamos à metade da sua altura, pois o povo estava totalmente dedicado ao trabalho.

7 Quando, porém, Sambalate, Tobias, os árabes, os amonitas e os homens de Asdode souberam que os reparos nos muros de Jerusalém tinham avançado e que as brechas estavam sendo fechadas, ficaram furiosos.

8 Todos juntos planejaram atacar Jerusalém e causar confusão.

9 Mas nós oramos ao nosso Deus e colocamos guardas de dia e de noite para proteger-nos deles.