Nehemiah 4:10

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

And so at that time the people of Judah said, “The workers are becoming tired. There is too much dirt and trash in the way. We cannot continue to build the wall.

Cross References

Haggai 1:2

This is what the Lord All-Powerful said, “The people say it is not yet the right time to build the Lord’s Temple.”

Ezekiel 29:18

“Son of man, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon made his army fight hard against Tyre. They shaved every soldier’s head. Every shoulder was rubbed bare from carrying heavy loads. Nebuchadnezzar and his army worked hard to defeat Tyre, but they got nothing from all that hard work.”

2 Chronicles 2:18

Solomon chose 70,000 men to carry the stones, 80,000 men to cut the stone in the mountains, and 3600 men to supervise the workers.

Numbers 32:9

These men went as far as Eshcol Valley. They saw the land, and they discouraged the Israelites. These men made the Israelites not want to go into the land that the Lord had given to them.

Numbers 13:31

But the men who had gone with him said, “We cannot fight those people! They are much stronger than we are.”

Nehemiah 4:2

Sanballat talked with his friends and the army at Samaria and said, “What are these weak Jews doing? Do they think we will leave them alone? Do they think they will offer sacrifices? Maybe they think they can finish building in only one day. They cannot bring stones back to life from these piles of trash and dirt. These are just piles of ashes and dirt!”

Nehemiah 4:9

But we prayed to our God. And we put guards on the walls to watch day and night so that we could be ready to meet them.

Nehemiah 4:11

And our enemies are saying, ‘Before the Jews know it or see us, we will be right there among them. We will kill them and that will stop the work.’”