it would collapse under the weight of a fox 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. c. The answer to ridicule: Prayer & perseverance 1) Nehemiah prayed to God • Shared the insults • Requested that the enemy reap what they had sown 4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: • Requested that true justice be executed