Neh 4:1-4, Psa 12:5, 44:13-16, 79:9-11, Isa 11:12, Lam 2:15, Eze 35:12 | ESV | STEP | Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall , he was angry and greatly enraged , and he jeered at the Jews .

1 ^{▼▼Ch 3:33 in Hebrew} Now when ^bSanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he jeered at the Jews. 2 And he said in the presence of his brothers and of the army of ^cSamaria, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore it for themselves? ^{▼▼Or Will they commit themselves to God?} Will they sacrifice? Will they finish up in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, and burned ones at that?” 3 ^eTobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, “Yes, what they are building— ^fif a fox goes up on it he will break down their stone wall!” 4 ^gHear, O our God, for we are despised. ^hTurn back their taunt on their own heads and give them up to be plundered in a land where they are captives.

Psalms 12:5

5 “Because ⁱthe poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
^jI will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the ^ksafety for which he longs.”

Psalms 44:13-16

13 You have made us ^lthe taunt of our neighbors,
the derision and ^mscorn of those around us.
14 You have made us ⁿa byword among the nations,
^oa laughingstock ^{▼▼Hebrew a shaking of the head} among the peoples.
15 All day long my disgrace is before me,
and ^qshame has covered my face
16 at the sound of the taunter and reviler,
at the sight of ^rthe enemy and the avenger.

Psalms 79:9-11

9 ^sHelp us, O God of our salvation,
for the glory of your name;
deliver us, and ^tatone for our sins,
for your ^uname’s sake!
10 ^vWhy should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Let ^wthe avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants
be known among the nations before our eyes!
11 Let ^xthe groans of the prisoners come before you;
according to your great power, preserve those ^ydoomed to die!

Isaiah 11:12

12 He will raise ^za signal for the nations
and will assemble ^aathe banished of Israel,
and gather the dispersed of Judah
from the four corners of the earth.

Lamentations 2:15

15 All who pass along the way
clap their hands at you;
^abthey hiss and wag their heads
at the daughter of Jerusalem:
“Is this the city that was called
^acthe perfection of beauty,
^adthe joy of all the earth?”

Ezekiel 35:12

12 And you shall know that I am the Lord.

^ae“I have heard all the revilings that you uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are laid desolate; ^afthey are given us to devour.’