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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