1 And it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was angry and very indignant, and mocked the Jews.

2 And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? shall they be permitted to go on? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, when they are burned?

3 And Tobijah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox went up, it would break down their stone wall. -

1 Als Sanballat und Tobija, die Araber, die Ammoniter und die Leute von Aschdod erfuhren, dass der Wiederaufbau der Mauern Jerusalems Fortschritte machte, denn die Lücken schlossen sich allmählich, gerieten sie in Wut.

2 Sie verbündeten sich, um bewaffnet gegen Jerusalem zu ziehen und dort Verwirrung zu stiften.

3 Wir aber flehten zu unserem Gott und stellten Tag und Nacht Wachen gegen sie auf.