Be strong, and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. The Lord will do what he decides is right.”
Nehemiah 4:8 - Easy To Read Version So all those men got together and made plans against Jerusalem. They planned to stir up trouble against Jerusalem. They planned to come and fight against the city. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem, to injure and cause confusion and failure in it. American Standard Version (1901) and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein. Common English Bible They plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to create a disturbance in it. Catholic Public Domain Version And they all gathered together, so that they might go forth and fight against Jerusalem, and so that they might prepare ambushes. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they all assembled themselves together, to come, and to fight against Jerusalem, and to prepare ambushes. |
Be strong, and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. The Lord will do what he decides is right.”
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.
I hear people whispering against me.\par Everywhere, I hear things that scare me.\par Even my friends are saying things\par against me.\par People are just waiting for me\par to make some mistake.\par They are saying,\par “Let us lie and say he did some bad thing.\par Maybe we can trick Jeremiah.\par Then we will have him.\par We will finally be rid of him.\par Then we will grab him\par and take our revenge on him.”\par
“Learn these things, Daniel. Understand these things! From the time that the message went out to go back and build Jerusalem again until the time for the chosen king {\cf2\super [109]} to come will be seven weeks. {\cf2\super [110]} Then Jerusalem will be built again. There will again be places for people to meet together in Jerusalem. And there will be a ditch around the city to protect it. Jerusalem will be built for 62 weeks. {\cf2\super [111]} But there will be many troubles during that time.