“Judah said, “The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading and there is much rubble, so that we are not able to build the wall.”
Nehemiah 4:10 (WEB)
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8and they all conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion among us. 9But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night because of them. 10Judah said, “The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading and there is much rubble, so that we are not able to build the wall.” 11Our adversaries said, “They will not know or see, until we come in among them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.” 12When the Jews who lived by them came, they said to us ten times from all places, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”