<p class="bodytext">Our adversaries also boasted,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Before they are aware or anticipate<n id="2" /> anything, we will come in among them and kill them, and we will bring this work to a halt!&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">So I sent messengers to them saying, &#8220;I am engaged in<n id="1" /> an important work, and I am unable to come down. Why should the work come to a halt when I leave it to come down to you?&#8221;