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Our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, until we come into the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.
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A Strategy of Surprise
Commentators explain that the adversaries' strategy was not a direct, open attack but a covert plot. They planned to use secrecy and surprise to infiltrate the work site, kill the builders, and bring the project to a sudden halt. This highlights the often deceptive and insidious nature of opposition to God's work.
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Nehemiah
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19th Century
Anglican
They shall not know. —As to the adversaries, their plan was evidently to watch and surprise, instead of making the threat…
Baptist
While some were discouraging the people within the city, their enemies, outside the walls, were plotting to take them by surprise, and kill them.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And our adversaries said, they shall not know Our designs upon them:
neither see ;<…
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Presbyterian
Hindering good work is what bad men aim at, and expect to succeed in; but good work is God's work, and it will prosper. God has many ways of bringi…
