1So like, when Sanballat heard we were building the wall, he was mad, like big mad, and started roasting the Jews.

2He was like, "What are these weak Jews doing? You think they can build themselves up? Sacrifice? Finish it all in a day? Revive those charred stones from the trash?"

3And Tobiah the Ammonite was there too, and he was like, "If a fox climbs that wall, it's gonna fall down, no cap."

4Yo, God, listen up; we’re getting clowned on: turn their shade back on them and let them be prey in captivity, fr.

5Don’t let their wrongs slide, and don’t let their sins be forgotten, 'cause they’ve made You mad in front of the builders.

6So we built the wall, and it was all coming together halfway, 'cause the people were totally vibing to work.

7But then Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites heard that Jerusalem’s walls were getting fixed, and they were super mad.

8They all teamed up to come and throw down against Jerusalem and mess with it.

9But we prayed to our God and kept watch day and night, 'cause of them, periodt.

10Judah was like, "The workers are tired, and there’s a ton of junk; we can’t build the wall, it’s sus."

11Our enemies said, "They won’t see us coming until we’re right there to take them out and stop the work."

12Then the Jews living near them came and warned us ten times, "From every direction, they’re coming for you!"

13So I set people in the low spots behind the wall and on the high places, like, "Grab your swords, spears, and bows!"

14I looked, stood up, and told the nobles, rulers, and everyone, "Don’t be scared; remember the Lord, He’s lit, and fight for your fam!"

15When our enemies heard we knew what was up and God messed up their plans, we all went back to the wall and got to work.

16From that point on, half my crew worked while the other half held spears, shields, and bows, with the leaders backing Judah.

17Those building the wall and carrying loads, everyone had one hand working and the other hand holding a weapon, straight up.

18Every builder had his sword on his side while building, and the dude blowing the trumpet was right next to me.

19I told the nobles, rulers, and everyone, "The work is huge, and we’re spread out on the wall, so keep your heads up."

20Wherever you hear the trumpet sound, come to us; our God will fight for us, no cap.

21So we worked hard: half of them held spears from morning till the stars showed up.

22I also told the people, "Let everyone and their servants stay in Jerusalem at night to guard us, and work during the day."

23So none of us, not me, my bros, my crew, or the guards, took off our clothes, except to wash them, fr.

1But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

2And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? 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 the rubbish which are burned?

3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

4Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:

5And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

6So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

7But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

8And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

9Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

10And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.

11And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

12And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you.

13Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

14And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

15And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.

16And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

17They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.

18For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

19And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.

20In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.

21So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

22Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.

23So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.