And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof,.... That the wall was finished:
and all the Heathen that were about us saw these things; the neighbouring nations, who not only heard…
Adam Clarke
This work was wrought of our God - This is an additional reason why we should not wonder at the shortness of the time in which so great a work was done, for God helped them by an especial providence;…
Nehemiah is here finishing the wall of Jerusalem, and yet still has trouble created him by his enemies.
I. Tobiah, and the other adversaries of the Jews, had the mortification to see the wall built…
Cambridge Bible
all our enemies Cf. Neh 4:1; Neh 5:9; Neh 6:1.
that when … and all the heathen … sawthese things, they, &c. R.V. when … that all the heathen … feared, and, &c. Marg. -According to another reading,…
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