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For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it not be done. But now, [God], strengthen you my hands.
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The Enemy's Goal: Intimidation
Commentators explain that the enemies' primary weapon was psychological. Their goal in spreading rumors was to make the workers afraid, hoping their "hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done." Nehemiah identified this tactic of intimidation and refused to let fear stop God's work.
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19th Century
Anglican
Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands. —The answer sent was that the thing was not true, and that the report itself did not exist. The…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For they all made us afraid Or you all, as Aben Ezra interprets it; or all the Heathen nations, as Jarchi; this was …
Presbyterian
Let those who are tempted to idle social gatherings by frivolous companions answer the temptation in this way: "We have work to do and must not neg…
