Neh 4:2-4 | NASB | e4.org | He spoke in the presence of his brothers and the wealthy men of Samaria and said , “ What are these feeble Jews doing ? Are they going to restore it for themselves? Can they offer sacrifices ? Can they finish in a day ? Can they revive the stones from the dusty rubble even the burned ones?”

‏ Nehemiah 4:2-4

2 He spoke in the presence of his brothers and ^athe ^{▼▼ Or army}wealthy men of Samaria and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Are they going to restore it for themselves? Can they offer sacrifices? Can they finish in a day? Can they revive the stones from the ^{▼▼ Lit heaps of dust
,} ^ddusty rubble even the burned ones?” 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was near him and he said, “Even what they are building— ^eif a fox should ^{▼▼ Lit go up}jump on it, he would break their stone wall down!”

4 ^gHear, O our God, how we are despised! ^hReturn their reproach on their own heads and give them up for plunder in a land of captivity.