Nehemiah 4:3-7

³Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”

⁴Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.

⁵Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.

⁶So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

⁷When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,

— Nehemiah 4:3-7

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How in the world could they do such a herculean task in less than eight weeks? Phil Ware shares a third message from the book of Nehemiah, this one focusing on the great work of ordinary people given in lists of names in Nehemiah.

Cross References for Nehemiah 4:3-7

• Philippians 2:13
• Psalm 79:12
• Jeremiah 18:23
• Psalm 109:14
• Psalm 123:3-4
• Nehemiah 2:10
• Hebrews 13:21
• Proverbs 3:34
• Nehemiah 6:15
• 1 Chronicles 29:14

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