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14 “O my God,” I prayed, “don’t forget all the evil of Tobiah, Sanballat, Noadiah the prophetess, and all the other prophets who have tried to discourage me.”

15 The wall was finally finished in early September[a]—just fifty-two days after we had begun!

16 When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated, and they realized that the work had been done with the help of our God.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 6:15 early September, or “the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul.”

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