Nehemiah 4

1 When Sanballat found out that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious—really mad! He made fun of the Jews 2 in front of his colleagues and the army of Samaria, saying, "What are these useless Jews trying to achieve? Do they think they can rebuild the wall? Are they going to offer sacrifices? Are they going to finish it in a day? Do they think they can re-use stones from piles of rubble and dirt, especially since they’ve all been burned?"

3 Tobiah the Ammonite, standing beside him, commented, "Even a fox walking on what they’re building would knock down their wall of stones!"