Nehemiah 4:10

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

In Judah, it was said: The strength of the labourer fails, since there is so much rubble. We will never be able to rebuild the wall.

Cross References

Haggai 1:2

‘The Lord of Armies says this: These people say: The time has not come for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt.’

Ezekiel 29:18

‘Son of man, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon made his army labour strenuously against Tyre.  Every head was made bald and every shoulder chafed, but he and his army received no compensation from Tyre for the labour he expended against it.

2 Chronicles 2:18

Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors to make the people work.

Numbers 32:9

After they went up as far as Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land the Lord had given them.

Numbers 13:31

But the men who had gone up with him responded, ‘We can’t attack the people because they are stronger than we are! ’

2 Chronicles 34:13

They were also over the porters and were supervising all those doing the work task by task. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers.

Nehemiah 4:2

before his colleagues and the powerful men  of Samaria  and said, ‘What are these pathetic Jews doing? Can they restore it by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they ever finish it? Can they bring these burnt stones  back to life from the mounds of rubble? ’

Nehemiah 4:9

So we prayed to our God and stationed a guard because of them day and night.

Nehemiah 4:11

And our enemies said, ‘They won’t realise it  until we’re among them and can kill them and stop the work.’