BRAGADAYJAH 139

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

BRAGADAYJAH 1181

BRAGADAYJAH 1181
Reliance on Faith in the midst of Discouragement.

At long last, Judah declared that the strength of the bearers of burdens was diminished; and that since there was so much rubbish, they were not able to continue to build the wall. And when the adversaries heard it they repeated their threat to inveigle themselves them among them, so that they would slay them undetected, and so frustrate the building of the wall. So the builders, knowing of the plot set men behind the walls with swords and spears and bows to keep watch. So Nehemiah addressed the nobles the rulers and the rest of the people and told them not to be afraid; for the Lord who is great and terrible who has in the past fought for their brothers and their sons and daughters, would also fight for them. So when the enemy heard that their plans were known to the builders and that God had brought their plans to naught, that they drew back and the builders returned to the work of building. But thereafter, the builders divided themselves in two sections, one half proceeding with the building works, while the other half kept watch with swords and spears and shields and arrows and habergeons; but it also helped that the rulers were behind the workers.

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