PROGRESS IN SPITE OF OPPOSITION

4 When Sanballataa heard that we were rebuilding the wall,ab he became furious. He mocked the Jewsac 2 before his colleagues and the powerful menE of Samariaad and said, “What are these pathetic Jews doing? Can they restore it by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they ever finish it? Can they bring these burnt stonesae back to life from the mounds of rubble?”af