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Listen, O our God, because we are an object of contempt. Turn their ridicule back on their own heads. Hand them over as plunder in a land of captivity. Do not cover over their guilt, and may their sin not be blotted out before you, because they have provoked your anger in the presence of the builders.[a]

So we built the wall, and the entire wall was completed, up to half its height, because the people were determined to do it.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 4:5 -5 Nehemiah frequently interjects prayers into the narration, often without introduction. These prayers are marked by extra indentation.