VIN(i)
1 But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and was very indignant, and mocked the Jews.
2 And he spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burnt?
3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, "What they are building, if a fox climbed up it, he would break down their stone wall."
4 “Hear, our God; for we are despised. Turn back their reproach on their own head. Give them up for a plunder in a land of captivity.
5 and neither cover their perversity nor wipe away their sin from your face: for they vex you in front of the builders.
6 So we rebuilt the wall, and all of the wall was joined up to half its height. For the people had a heart to do it.
7 Now when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the restoration of the walls of Jerusalem were going forward and the gaps were being closed, they were very angry.
8 So all of them plotted together to come fight against Jerusalem and to make trouble for it.
9 But we prayed to our God. We also set up guards day and night because of them.
10 Meanwhile, the people of Judah said, "The builders are tired and there's so much rubble that we can't reconstruct the wall!"
11 Our enemies said, "Before they notice or see us, we'll penetrate their midst, kill them, and stop the work!"