5. Don't forgive the evil they do and don't forget their sins, for they have insulted us who are building.”
6. So we went on rebuilding the wall, and soon it was half its full height, because the people were eager to work.
7. Sanballat, Tobiah, and the people of Arabia, Ammon, and Ashdod heard that we were making progress in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem and that the gaps in the wall were being closed, and they were very angry.
8. So they all plotted together to come and attack Jerusalem and create confusion,