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– Hoor toch God, hoe we uitgelachen worden! Straf hen daarvoor! Zorg dat zij zelf gevangen meegenomen worden naar een ander land! Heer, vergeef hun niet wat ze ons aandoen. Want door de mensen te beledigen die de muur herbouwen, beledigen ze U!

Maar wij bouwden verder aan de muur, totdat de hele muur tot op halve hoogte hersteld was. Want de mensen werkten hard door, omdat ze er zin in hadden.

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Hear us, our God, for we are despised.(A) Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity. Do not cover up their guilt(B) or blot out their sins from your sight,(C) for they have thrown insults in the face of[a] the builders.

So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.

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  1. Nehemiah 4:5 Or have aroused your anger before

(A)Hear, O our God, for we are despised; (B)turn their reproach on their own heads, and give them as plunder to a land of captivity! (C)Do 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.

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.

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