When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be filled, they were very angry;But 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,But it came to pass that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth;
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Defensive lineman number two, discreditation. Discreditation. This is verses seven and eight. When Sanballat and Tobiah, watch this, and the Arabs and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repair of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward. And then they heard that the breaches were beginning to be closed. They were very angry and they all plotted together, all of them, to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause confusion in it, to fight against Jerusalem and cause confusion means these guys engaged in both terrorist type sabotage activities, literally attacking the wall and the people. And they spread, cause confusion, spread lies about Nehemiah's leadership to try to erode people's confidence in him as a leader. That took the form not only of mockery and insult, it took the form of outright lies. Chapter six, verse six, flip over there. It is reported among the nations, someone said to Nehemiah, that you and the Jews intend to rebel. You have set yourself up as king, Nehemiah. …
… I'm going to read verses 7 through 14. It says, now it happened when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being restored and the gaps were beginning to be closed, that they became very angry. And all of them conspired together. All of them conspired together to come and attack Jerusalem and create confusion. Stick a pin there. There's always going to be somebody to try to create confusion and to attack you when you make the decision. Look at your neighbor. Tell them, don't be surprised when people start talking about you. don't be shocked when there's some effort to bring confusion it goes with the territory nevertheless verse 9 we made our prayer to our god and because of them we set a watch against them day and night then judah said the strength of the laborers is failing and there is so much rubbish that we are not able to build the wall. And our adversaries said they will neither know nor see anything till we come into their midst and kill them and cause the work to cease. How many of y'all know the devil is going to try to send something in your life to halt you from doing what it is that God wants you to do? …
… Now it happened. Nehemiah chapter 4 verse 7. When Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being restored and the gaps were beginning to be closed, that they became angry. And all of them conspired together to come and attack Jerusalem and create confusion. nevertheless we made our prayer to our God and because of them we set a watch against them day and night then Judah said the strength of the laborers is failing and there is so much rubbish that we are not able to build the wall and our adversary said they will neither know know nor see anything till we come into their midst and kill them and cause the work to cease. Are y'all following this so far? So it was when the Jews who dwelt near them came that they told us 10 times from whatever place you turn they will be upon us. Therefore I positioned men behind the lower parts of the wall at the openings and I set the people according to their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. And I looked and arose and said to the nobles, to the leaders, and to the rest of the people, do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, great and awesome, and fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses. I love this passage because here's what he is saying. He is saying, we're going to go ahead and do the work …