¹⁵ Our enemies realized that we knew what they had decided to do. God had stopped them from doing what they wanted. So each of us went back to our work on the wall.

¹⁶ After that day, half of my men continued to do the work on the wall. The other half carried spears, shields and bows. They also wore armour. The officers stood behind the people while they built the wall. ¹⁷ The men who were carrying materials held them with one hand. They held a weapon in their other hand.