^{1 Ref} But it happened that when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

^{2 Ref} He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned?

^{3 Ref} Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall.

^{4 Ref} Hear, our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach on their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;

^{5 Ref} and don't cover their iniquity, and don't let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have provoked [you] to anger before the builders.