Nehemiah 4:4
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Hear us, our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.
Read Nehemiah 4:4 Using Other Translations
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:
Hear, O our God, for we are despised. Turn back their taunt on their own heads and give them up to be plundered in a land where they are captives.
Then I prayed, “Hear us, our God, for we are being mocked. May their scoffing fall back on their own heads, and may they themselves become captives in a foreign land!
What does Nehemiah 4:4 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Nehemiah 4:4
Hear, O our God, for we are despised
Here begins the prayer of Nehemiah, who had been informed of what
these men said in contempt of him, and his builders, and to whom
he sent no answer, but applied to God:
and turn their reproach upon their own head;
as they have despised and reproached us, let them be despised and
reproached by their neighbours:
give them for a prey in the land of captivity;
let them be carried captive, as we have been, and become a prey
and booty to their enemies.
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