¹⁹ Then I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people,^(A) “The work is enormous and spread out, and we are separated far from one another along the wall.^{(B) 20} Wherever you hear the sound of the ram’s horn, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!” ^{(C) 21} So we continued the work, while half of the men were holding spears from daybreak until the stars came out.