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LeAnn Kay Noblitt-Weir

who were building on the wall. Those who carried burdens were loaded in such a way that each labored on the work with one hand and held his weapon with the other.

Aug 15

LeAnn Kay Noblitt-Weir

highlighted Nehemiah 4:16 ESV

From that day on, half of my servants worked on construction, and half held the spears, shields, bows, and coats of mail. And the leaders stood behind the whole house of Judah,

Aug 15

LeAnn Kay Noblitt-Weir

highlighted Nehemiah 4:15 ESV

When our enemies heard that it was known to us and that God had frustrated their plan, we all returned to the wall, each to his work.

Aug 15

So in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in open places, I stationed the people by their clans, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.And I looked and arose and said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, "Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes."

Aug 15

LeAnn Kay Noblitt-Weir

highlighted Nehemiah 4:11-12 ESV

And our enemies said, "They will not know or see till we come among them and kill them and stop the work."At that time the Jews who lived near them came from all directions and said to us ten times, "You must return to us."

Aug 15

LeAnn Kay Noblitt-Weir

highlighted Nehemiah 4:9-10 ESV

In Judah it was said, "The strength of those who bear the burdens is failing. There is too much rubble. By ourselves we will not be able to rebuild the wall."And we prayed to our God and set a guard as a protection against them day and night.

Aug 15

LeAnn Kay Noblitt-Weir

highlighted Nehemiah 4:7-8 ESV

But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and that the breaches were beginning to be closed, they were very angry.And they all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause confusion in it.

Aug 15

LeAnn Kay Noblitt-Weir

highlighted Nehemiah 4:6 ESV

So we built the wall. And all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

Aug 15

LeAnn Kay Noblitt-Weir

highlighted Nehemiah 4:4-5 ESV

Hear, O our God, for we are despised. Turn back their taunt on their own heads and give them up to be plundered in a land where they are captives.Do not cover their guilt, and let not their sin be blotted out from your sight, for they have provoked you to anger in the presence of the builders.

Aug 15

LeAnn Kay Noblitt-Weir

highlighted Nehemiah 3:12 ESV

Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters.

Aug 15

LeAnn Kay Noblitt-Weir

highlighted Nehemiah 2:19 ESV

But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they jeered at us and despised us and said, "What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?"

Aug 13

LeAnn Kay Noblitt-Weir

highlighted Nehemiah 2:20 ESV

Then I replied to them, "The God of heaven will make us prosper, and we his servants will arise and build, but you have no portion or right or claim in Jerusalem."

Aug 13

LeAnn Kay Noblitt-Weir

highlighted Nehemiah 2:17-18 ESV

Then I said to them, "You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer derision."And I told them of the hand of my God that had been upon me for good, and also of the words that the king had spoken to me. And they said, "Let us rise up and build." So they strengthened their hands for the good work.

Aug 13

LeAnn Kay Noblitt-Weir

highlighted Nehemiah 2:12-16 ESV

Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no animal with me but the one on which I rode.I went out by night by the Valley Gate to the Dragon Spring and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that were broken down and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal that was under me to pass.Then I went up in the night by the valley and inspected the wall, and I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned.And the officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, and I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, and the rest who were to do the work.

Aug 13

LeAnn Kay Noblitt-Weir

highlighted Nehemiah 2:7-8 ESV

And I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah,and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall occupy." And the king granted me what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me.

Aug 13

LeAnn Kay Noblitt-Weir

highlighted Nehemiah 2:6 ESV

And the king said to me (the queen sitting beside him), "How long will you be gone, and when will you return?" So it pleased the king to send me when I had given him a time.

Aug 13

LeAnn Kay Noblitt-Weir

highlighted Nehemiah 2:5 ESV

And I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' graves, that I may rebuild it."

Aug 13

LeAnn Kay Noblitt-Weir

highlighted Nehemiah 2:4 ESV

Then the king said to me, "What are you requesting?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.

Aug 13

LeAnn Kay Noblitt-Weir

highlighted Nehemiah 2:3 ESV

I said to the king, "Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?"

Aug 13

LeAnn Kay Noblitt-Weir

highlighted Nehemiah 2:2 ESV

And the king said to me, "Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of the heart." Then I was very much afraid.

Aug 13

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