So the king said to me, “Why do you appear to be depressed when you aren’t sick? What can this be other than sadness of heart?” This made me very fearful.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext"><v id="(3:33)" /><n id="1" /> Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall he became angry and was quite upset. He derided the Jews,

Then those in Judah said, &#8220;The strength of the laborers<n id="1" /> has failed! The debris is so great that we are unable to rebuild the wall.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, &#8220;The work is demanding<n id="1" /> and extensive, and we are spread out on the wall, far removed from one another.