For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
But it came to pass, that when Sanvalat, and Toviyah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Yerushalayim were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Ashur, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:
And said, I beseech thee, O YY Elohim of heaven, the great and terrible Elohim, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe His Commandments:
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of The Commandment to restore and to build Yerushalayim unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.