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Nehemiah 6:16

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Then all our enemies heard that we had completed the wall. And all the nations around us saw that it was finished. So they lost their courage. Why? Because they understood that this work had been done with the help of our God.

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Sanballat and Tobiah were two men that heard about what I was doing. They were very upset and angry that someone had come to help the people of Israel. Sanballat was from Horon and Tobiah is an Ammonite official.

Sanballat heard that we were building the wall of Jerusalem. He became very angry and upset. He started making fun of the Jews.

But Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the men from Ashdod were very angry. They heard that the people continued working on the walls of Jerusalem. They heard the people were fixing the holes in the wall.

Then those people will know\par that you helped me.\par Then they will know\par that it was your power that\par helped me.\par

We will be laughing\par and singing happy songs!\par People in other nations will say,\par “The Lord did a wonderful thing\par for the people of Israel.”\par

The people who hated Zion {\cf2\super [615]} were defeated.\par They stopped fighting and ran away.\par

The Lord built Jerusalem.\par God brought back the Israelite people\par who were taken as prisoners.\par

The wheels of the chariots became stuck. It was very hard to control the chariots. The Egyptians shouted, “Let’s get out of here! The Lord is fighting against us. The Lord is fighting for the people of Israel.”

Then Jerusalem will be a wonderful place. People will be happy. And people from other nations will praise it. This will happen at the time those people hear about the good things happening there. They will hear about the good things I am doing for Jerusalem.

There is no power that can defeat the people of Jacob. [297] There is no magic that can stop the people of Israel. People will say this about Jacob and about the people of Israel: ‘Look at the great things God did!’

And so now I tell you: Stay away from these men. Leave them alone. If their plan comes from men, it will fail.

We heard about those things and we became very afraid. And now, none of our men are brave enough to fight you. Why? Because the Lord your God rules the heavens above and the earth below!

Rahab said, “I know that the Lord has given this land to your people. You frighten us. All the people living in this country are afraid of you.

So the Lord dried up the Jordan River until the people of Israel finished crossing it. The kings of the Amorites living west of the Jordan River and the Canaanites living by the Mediterranean Sea heard about this and became very scared. After that they were not brave enough to stand and fight against the people of Israel.




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