Nehemiah 4:3-5

Holman Christian Standard Bible

³ Then Tobiah the Ammonite,^(A) who was beside him, said, “Indeed, even if a fox^(B) climbed up what they are building, he would break down their stone wall!”

⁴ Listen, our God, for we are despised. Make their insults return on their own heads and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity. ⁵ Do not cover their guilt or let their sin be erased from Your sight, because they have provoked^[a] the builders.^(C)