Nehemiah 4:5

Nehemiah 4:5

3 Now ^aTobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, “Whatever they build, if even a fox goes up on it, he will break down their stone wall.”

4 ^aHear, O our God, for we are despised; ^bturn their reproach on their own heads, and give them as plunder to a land of captivity!

5 ^aDo not cover their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before You; for they have provoked You to anger before the builders.

6 So we built the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

7 Now it happened, ^awhen Sanballat, Tobiah, ^bthe Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being restored and the¹ gaps were beginning to be closed, that they became very angry,

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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Cover not - Let their wickedness be in thy sight, so as to bring down judgments upon them, that either they may be reformed, or others may be warned by their example. God is said to cover or hide sin when he forbears to punish it. Provoked thee - They have not only provoked us builders, but thee also.

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