But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we
 builded the wall
 Or were building it; for as yet it was not finished, see ( Nehemiah 4:6 ) , 
 he was wroth, and took great indignation;
 inwardly, though outwardly he pretended to treat the work with contempt, as if it never would be accomplished, which yet he feared: 
 and mocked the Jews;
 as a set of foolish builders, and unable to finish what they had begun.