Hello, and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and thank
you for joining with me today to
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read the word of God. Before
we start, let's pray together.
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Dear Father in heaven, thank
you for your word that is to us
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both light for our path and life
for our hearts and an increase
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to our faith in you.
Help us to know you better
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through the words we hear today.
We love you so much, and thank
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you for loving us. Amen.
When we were last together,
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we were reading in
the book of Nehemiah.
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Nehemiah was the cup bearer to
king Artaxerxes, and as he went
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before the king one day, the
king perceived that something
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was heavy on his heart. And
Nehemiah had asked of the king
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permission to return to help
with the rebuilding of Jerusalem
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and he is making a request
to the king for the different
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things that he would like
from the king for his journey.
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We'll pick up the
story in Nehemiah chapter 2,
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verse 8, and this is
the King James Version.
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And a letter unto Asaph the
keeper of the king's forest,
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that he may give me timber
to make beams for the gates of
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the palace which appertained
to the house, and for the wall
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of the city, and for the
house that I shall enter into.
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And the king granted me,
according to the good hand of
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my God upon me. Then I came to
the governors beyond the river,
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and gave them the king's letters
Now the king had sent captains
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of the army and horsemen with
me. When Sanballat the Horonite,
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and Tobiah the servant,
the Ammonite, heard of it,
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it grieved them exceedingly that
there was come a man to seek
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the welfare of the children of
Israel. So I came to Jerusalem,
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and was there three days.
And I arose in the night, I and
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some few men with me; neither
told I any man what my God had
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put in my heart to do at
Jerusalem: neither was there
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any beast with me save
the beast that I rode upon.
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And I went out by night by the
gate of the valley, even before
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the dragon well, and to the dung
port, and viewed the walls of
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Jerusalem, which were broken
down, and the gates thereof
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were consumed with fire. Then
I went on to the gate of the
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fountain, and to the king's
pool: but there was no place
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for the beast that was under me
to pass. Then went I up in the
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night by the brook, and viewed
the wall, and turned back,
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and entered by the gate of
the valley, and so returned.
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And the rulers knew not
whither I went, or what I did;
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neither had I as yet told it
to the Jews, nor to the priests,
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nor to the nobles, nor to the
rulers, nor to the rest that did
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the work. Then said I unto them,
Ye see the distress that we are
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in, how Jerusalem lieth
waste, and the gates thereof are
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burned with fire: come,
and let us build up the wall
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of Jerusalem, that we be no more
a reproach. Then I told them
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of the hand of my God which was
good upon me; as also the king's
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words that he had spoken unto
me. And they said, Let us rise
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up and build. So they
strengthened their hands
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for this good work. But
when Sanballat the Horonite, and
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Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite
and Geshem the Arabian, heard it
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they laughed us to scorn,
and despised us, and said,
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What is this thing that ye do?
will ye rebel against the king?
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Then answered I them, and said
unto them, The God of heaven,
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he will prosper us; therefore
we his servants will arise
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and build: but ye have no
portion nor right, nor memorial,
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in Jerusalem.
We're continuing on with
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Nehemiah, chapter 3, and
this is the King James Version.
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Then Eliashib the high priest
rose up with his brethren the
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priests, and they builded the
sheep gate; they sanctified it,
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and set up the doors of
it; even unto the tower of Meah
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they sanctified it,
unto the tower of Hananeel.
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And next unto him builded
the men of Jericho. And next to
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them builded
Zaccur the son of Imri.
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But the fish gate did the sons
of Hassenaah build, who also
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laid the beams thereof,
and set up the doors thereof,
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the locks therof, and the
bars thereof. And next unto them
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repaired Meremoth the son
of Urijah, the son of Koz.
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And next unto them repaired
Meshullam the son of Berechiah,
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the son of Meshezabeel. And next
unto them repaired Zadok the son
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of Baana. And next unto
them the Tekoites repaired;
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but their nobles put not their
necks to the work of the Lord.
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Moreover the old gate repaired
Jehoiada the son of Paseah,
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and Meshullam the son of
Besodeiah; they laid the beams
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thereof, and set up the doors
thereof, and the locks thereof,
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and the bars thereof. And
next unto them repaired Melatiah
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the Gibeonite, and Jadon the
Meronothite, the men of Gibeon,
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and of Mizpah, unto the throne
of the governor on this side
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the river. Next unto
him repaired Uzziel the son
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of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths.
Next unto him also repaired
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Hananiah the son of one of the
apothecaries, and they fortified
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Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
And next unto them repaired
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Rephaiah the son of Hur,
the ruler of the half part of
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Jerusalem. And next unto
them repaired Jedaiah the son of
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Harumaph, even over against
his house. And next unto him
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repaired Hattush the son of
Hashabniah. Malchiajah the son
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of Harim, and Hashub the son of
Pahathmoab, repaired the other
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piece, and the tower of
the furnaces. And next unto him
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repaired Shallum the son of
Halohesh the ruler of the half
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part of Jerusalem, he and
his daughters. The valley gate
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repaired Hanun, and
the inhabitants of Zanoah;
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they built it, and set up the
doors thereof, the locks thereof
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and the bars thereof,and a
thousand cubits on the wall
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unto the dung gate. But the dung
gate repaired Malchiah the son
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of Rechab, the ruler
of part of Bethhaccerem;
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he built it and set up the doors
thereof, the locks thereof,
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and the bars thereof. But the
gate of the fountain repaired
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Shallum the son of Colhozeh,
the ruler of part of Mizpah;
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he built it and covered it,
and set up the doors thereof,
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the locks thereof, and the bars
thereof, and the wall of the
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pool of Siloah by the king's
garden, and unto the stairs
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that go down from the city
of David. After him repaired
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Nehemiah the son of Azbuk,
the ruler of the half part of
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Bethzur, unto the place over
against the sepulchres of David,
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and to the pool that was made,
and unto the house of the mighty
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After him repaired the
Levites, Rehum the son of Bani.
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Next unto him repaired Hashabiah
the ruler of the half part
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of Keilah in his part. After
him repaired their brethren,
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Bavai the son of Henadad, the
ruler of the half part of Keilah
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and next to him repaired Ezer
the son of Jeshua, the ruler of
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Mizpah, another piece over
against the going up to the
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armory at the turning of the
wall. After him Baruch the son
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of Zabbai earnestly repaired the
other piece, from the turning of
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the wall unto the door of the
house of Eliashib the highpriest
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After him repaired Meremoth
the son of Urijah the son of Koz
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another piece, from the door
of the house of Eliashib even to
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the end of the house of
Eliashib. After him repaired
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the priests, the men of
the plain. After him repaired
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Benjamin and Hashub over against
their house. After him repaired
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Azariah the son of Maaseiah
the son of Ananiah by his house.
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After him repaired Binui the
son of Henadad another piece,
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from the house of Azariah
unto the turning of the wall,
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even unto the corner. Palal
the son of Uzai, over against
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the turning of the wall, and the
tower which lieth out from the
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king's high house, that
was by the court of the prison.
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After him Pedaiah the son of
Parosh. Moreover the Nethinims
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dwelt in Ophel, unto the place
over against the water gate
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toward the east, and the tower
that lieth out. After them the
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Tekoites repaired another piece,
over against the great tower
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that lieth out, even to the wall
of Ophel. From above the horse
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gate repaired the priests, every
one over against his house.
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After them repaired Zadok the
son of Immer over against his
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house. After him repaired also
Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah,
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the keeper of the east gate.
After him repaired Hananiah
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the son of Shelemiah, and
Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph,
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another piece. After him
repaired Meshullam the son of
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Berechiah over against his
chamber. After him repaired
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Malchiah the goldsmith's son
unto the place of the Nethinims,
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and of the merchants,
over against the gate Miphkad,
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unto the going up of the corner.
And between the going up of the
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unto the sheep gate repaired the
goldsmiths and the merchants.
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Continuing with
Nehemiah's account in chapter 4,
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This is the King James Version.
But it came to pass, that when
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Sanballat heard that we
builded the wall, he was wroth,
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and took great indignation, and
mocked the Jews. And he spake
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before his brethren and
the army of Samaria, and said,
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What do these feeble Jews?
will they fortify themselves?
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will they sacrifice? will
they make an end in a day?
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will they revive the stones
out of the heaps of the rubbish
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which are burned? Now Tobiah
the Ammonite was by him, and
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he said, Even that which they
build, if a fox go up, he shall
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even break down their
stone wall. Hear, O our God;
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for we are despised: and turn
their reproach upon their own
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head, and give them for a
prey in the land of captivity:
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And cover not their iniquity,
and let not their sin be blotted
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out from before thee: for
they have provoked thee to anger
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before the builders. So we
built the wall; and all the wall
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was joined together unto
the half thereof: for the people
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had a mind to work. But it came
to pass, that when Sanballat,
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and Tobiah, and the
Arabians, and the Ammonites,
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and the Ashdodites, heard that
the walls of Jerusalem were made
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up, and that the breaches began
to be stopped, then they were
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very wroth, and conspired all
of them together to come and to
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fight against Jerusalem, and to
hinder it. Nevertheless we made
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our prayer unto our God,
and set a watch against them
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day and night, because of them.
And Judah said, The strength of
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the bearers of burdens is
decayed, and there is much
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rubbish so that we are
not able to build the wall.
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And our adversaries said, They
shall not know, neither see,
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till we come in the midst among
them, and slay them, and cause
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the work to cease. And it
came to pass, that when the Jews
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which dwelt by them came,
they said unto us ten times,
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>From all places whence ye shall
return unto us they will be
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upon you. Therefore set I in the
lower places behind the wall,
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and on the higher places, I
even set the people after their
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families with their swords,
their spears, and their bows.
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And I looked and rose up, and
said unto the nobles, and to the
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rulers, and to the rest of the
people, Be not ye afraid of them
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remember the Lord, which is
great and terrible, and fight
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for your brethren, your sons,
and your daughters, your wives,
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and your houses. And it came to
pass when our enemies heard that
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it was known unto us, and
God had brought their counsel
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to naught, that we
returned all of us to the wall,
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every one unto his work. And
it came to pass from that time
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forth, that the half of my
servants wrought in the work,
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and the other half of them held
both the spears, the shields,
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and the bows, and the
habergeons; and the rulers were
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behind all the house of Judah.
They which builded on the wall,
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and they that bare
burdens, with those that laded,
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every one with one of his
hands wrought in the work,
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and with the other hand
held a weapon. For the builders,
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every one had his sword girded
by his side, and so builded.
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And he that sounded
the trumpet was by me.
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And I said unto the nobles, and
to the rulers, and to the rest
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of the people, The work is great
and large, and we are separated
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upon the wall, one far from
another. In what place therefore
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ye hear the sound of the trumpet
resort ye thither unto us:
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our God shall fight for
us. So we laboured in the work:
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and half of them held the spears
from the rising of the morning
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till the stars appeared.
Likewise at the same time
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said I unto the people,
Let every one with his servant
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lodge within Jerusalem, that
in the night they may be a guard
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to us, and labour on the day.
So neither I, nor my brethren,
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nor my servants, nor the men
of the guard which followed me,
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none of us put off our clothes,
saving that every one put them
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off for washing.
Continuing with chapter 5,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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And there was a great cry of
the people and of their wives
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against their brethren the
Jews. For there were that said,
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We, our sons, and our daughters,
are many: therefore we take up
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corn for them, that we may eat,
and live. Some also there were
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that said, We have mortgaged
our lands, vineyards, and houses
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that we might buy
corn, because of the dearth.
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Please join me
again next time. Goodbye.
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