Sanballat was very angry when he learned that we were rebuilding the wall. He flew into a rage and mocked the Jews and the Samarian army officers. “What does this bunch of poor, feeble Jews thing they’re doing? Do they think they can build the wall in a single day by just offering a few sacrifices? Do they actually think we can make something of the stones from that rubbish heap-and charred ones at that?
Tobiah the Amorite, who was standing beside him remarked, “That stone wall would collapse if even a fox walked along the top of it!
Then I prayed. “Hear us, our God, for we are being mocked. May their scoffing fall back on their own heads, and may they themselves become captives in a foreign land! Do not ignore their guilt. Do not blot out their sins, for they have provoked You to anger here in front of the builders.” (vv. 1-5, NLT)