8 and all of them conspired to come and fight against Jerusalem and create a hindrance. 9 So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night. 10 Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”
Nehemiah 4:8–10
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