Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And said before his brethren, and the multitude of the Samaritans: What are the silly Jews doing? Will the Gentiles let them alone? will they sacrifice and make an end in a day? are they able to raise stones out of the heaps of the rubbish, which are burnt? the army Ezra 4:9,10 Reum Beelteem, and Samsai the scribe and the rest of their counsellors, the Dinites, and the Apharsathacites, the Therphalites, the Apharsites, the Erchuites, the Babylonians, the Susanechites, the Dievites, and the Elamites, . . . feeble 1 Samuel 14:11,12 So both of them discovered themselves to the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said: Behold the Hebrews come forth out of the holes wherein they were hid. . . . 1 Samuel 17:43,44 And the Philistine said to David: Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with a staff? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. . . . Zechariah 12:8 In that day shall the Lord protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and he that hath offended among them in that day shall be as David: and the house of David, as that of God, as an angel of the Lord in their sight. 1 Corinthians 1:27 But the foolish things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the wise: and the weak things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the strong. fortify themselves. Nehemiah 12:27,43 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, and to keep the dedication, and to rejoice with thanksgiving, and with singing, and with cymbals, and psalteries and harps. . . . revive Nehemiah 4:10 And Juda said: The strength of the bearer of burdens is decayed, and the rubbish is very much, and we shall not be able to build the wall. Ezekiel 37:3-13 And he said to me: Son of man, dost thou think these bones shall live and I answered: O Lord God, thou knowest. . . . Habakkuk 3:2 O Lord, I have heard thy hearing, and was afraid. O Lord, thy work, in the midst of the years bring it to life: In the midst of the years thou shalt make it known: when thou art angry, thou wilt remember mercy. Context The Work is Ridiculed1And it came to pass, that when Sanaballat heard that we were building the wall he was angry: and being moved exceedingly he scoffed at the Jews. 2And said before his brethren, and the multitude of the Samaritans: What are the silly Jews doing? Will the Gentiles let them alone? will they sacrifice and make an end in a day? are they able to raise stones out of the heaps of the rubbish, which are burnt?3Tobias also the Ammonite who was by him said: Let them build: if a fox go up, he will leap over their stone wall.… Cross References Ezra 4:9 Reum Beelteem, and Samsai the scribe and the rest of their counsellors, the Dinites, and the Apharsathacites, the Therphalites, the Apharsites, the Erchuites, the Babylonians, the Susanechites, the Dievites, and the Elamites, Ezra 4:10 And the rest of the nations, whom the great and glorious Asenaphar brought over: and made to dwell in the cities of Samaria and in the rest of the countries of this side of the river in peace. Nehemiah 4:10 And Juda said: The strength of the bearer of burdens is decayed, and the rubbish is very much, and we shall not be able to build the wall. Nehemiah 6:15 But the wall was finished the five and twentieth day of the month of Elul, in two and fifty days. Jeremiah 26:18 Micheas of Morasthi was a prophet in the days of Ezechias king of Juda, and he spoke to all the people of Juda, saying: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Sion shall be ploughed like a field, and Jerusalem shall be a heap of stones: and the mountain of the house the high places of woods. Jeremiah 33:24 Hast thou not seen what this people hath spoken, saying: The two families which the Lord had chosen, are cast off: and they have despised my people, so that it is no more a nation before them? Zechariah 4:10 For who hath despised little days? and they shall rejoice, and shall see the tin plummet in the hand of Zorobabel. These are the seven eyes of the Lord, that run to and fro through the whole earth. Lexicon beforeלִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face his associates אֶחָ֗יו (’e·ḥāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, ) and the army וְחֵיל֙ (wə·ḥêl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 2426: An army, an intrenchment of Samaria, שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן (šō·mə·rō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8111: Samaria -- capital of northern kingdom of Israel saying, וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ׀ (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say “What מָ֛ה (māh) Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what are these feeble הָאֲמֵלָלִ֖ים (hā·’ă·mê·lā·lîm) Article | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 537: Languid Jews הַיְּהוּדִ֥ים (hay·yə·hū·ḏîm) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3064: Jews -- Jewish doing? עֹשִׂ֑ים (‘ō·śîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make Can they restore [the wall] by themselves? הֲיַעַזְב֨וּ (hă·ya·‘az·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit Will they offer sacrifices? הֲיִזְבָּ֙חוּ֙ (hă·yiz·bā·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2076: To slaughter for sacrifice Will they complete it הַיְכַלּ֣וּ (hay·ḵal·lū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent in a day? בַיּ֔וֹם (ḇay·yō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day Can they bring these לָהֶ֤ם (lā·hem) Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1992: They burnt שְׂרוּפֽוֹת׃ (śə·rū·p̄ō·wṯ) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 8313: To be, on fire stones הָאֲבָנִ֛ים (hā·’ă·ḇā·nîm) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 68: A stone back to life הַיְחַיּ֧וּ (hay·ḥay·yū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2421: To live, to revive from the mounds מֵעֲרֵמ֥וֹת (mê·‘ă·rê·mō·wṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 6194: A heap, a sheaf of rubble?” הֶעָפָ֖ר (he·‘ā·p̄ār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud Additional Translations before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”And he spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned? And he said before his brethren (that is the army of the Samaritans) Is it true that these Jews are building their city? do they indeed offer sacrifices? will they prevail? and will they this day restore the stones, after they have been burnt and made a heap of rubbish? And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? shall they be permitted to go on? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, when they are burned? And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned? And he spoke before his brethren, and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, "What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, since they are burned?" and saith before his brethren and the force of Samaria, yea, he saith, 'What are the weak Jews doing? are they left to themselves? do they sacrifice? do they complete in a day? do they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish? -- and they burnt!' 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