Nehemiah 4:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Wherever you may be when the horn is sounded, come here to us; our God will be fighting for us.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 14:14 : 14 The Lord will make war for you, you have only to keep quiet.
  • Deut 1:30 : 30 The Lord your God who goes before you will be fighting for you, and will do such wonders as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
  • Deut 20:4 : 4 For the Lord your God goes with you, fighting for you to give you salvation from those who are against you.
  • Josh 23:10 : 10 One man of you is able to put to flight a thousand; for it is the Lord your God who is fighting for you, as he has said to you.
  • Deut 3:22 : 22 Have no fear of them, for the Lord your God will be fighting for you.
  • Exod 14:25 : 25 And made the wheels of their war-carriages stiff, so that they had hard work driving them: so the Egyptians said, Let us go in flight from before the face of Israel, for the Lord is fighting for them against the Egyptians.
  • Zech 14:3 : 3 Then the Lord will go out and make war against those nations, as he did in the day of the fight.

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  • Neh 4:8-19
    12 verses
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    8 And they made designs, all of them together, to come and make an attack on Jerusalem, causing trouble there.

    9 But we made our prayer to God, and had men on watch against them day and night because of them.

    10 And Judah said, The strength of the workmen is giving way, and there is much waste material; it is impossible for us to put up the wall.

    11 And those who were against us said, Without their knowledge and without their seeing us, we will come among them and put them to death, causing the work to come to a stop.

    12 And it came about that when the Jews who were living near them came, they said to us ten times, From all directions they are coming against us.

    13 So in the lowest part of the space at the back of the walls, in the open places, I put the people by families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

    14 And after looking, I got up and said to the great ones and to the chiefs and to the rest of the people, Have no fear of them: keep in mind the Lord who is great and greatly to be feared, and take up arms for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your houses.

    15 And when it came to the ears of those who were against us, that we had knowledge of their designs and that God had made their purpose come to nothing, we all went back to the wall, everyone to his work

    16 And from that time, half of my servants were doing their part of the work, and half kept the spears and body-covers and the bows and the metal war-dresses; and the chiefs were at the back of the men of Judah.

    17 Those who were building the wall and those who were moving material did their part, everyone working with one hand, with his spear in the other;

    18 Every builder was working with his sword at his side. And by my side was a man for sounding the horn.

    19 And I said to the great ones and the chiefs and the rest of the people, The work is great and widely spaced and we are far away from one another on the wall:

  • Neh 4:21-22
    2 verses
    78%

    21 So we went on with the work: and half of them had spears in their hands from the dawn of the morning till the stars were seen.

    22 And at the same time I said to the people, Let everyone with his servant come inside Jerusalem for the night, so that at night they may keep watch for us, and go on working by day.

  • 12 O our God, will you not be their judge? for our strength is not equal to this great army which is coming against us; and we are at a loss what to do: but our eyes are on you.

  • 12 And now God is with us at our head, and his priests with their loud horns sounding against you. O children of Israel, do not make war on the Lord, the God of your fathers, for it will not go well for you.

  • 5 Say openly in Judah, give it out in Jerusalem, and say, Let the horn be sounded in the land: crying out in a loud voice, Come together, and let us go into the walled towns.

  • 9 And if you go to war in your land against any who do you wrong, then let the loud note of the horn be sounded; and the Lord your God will keep you in mind and give you salvation from those who are against you.

  • 20 So the people gave a loud cry, and the horns were sounded; and on hearing the horns the people gave a loud cry, and the wall came down flat, so that the people went up into the town, every man going straight before him, and they took the town.

  • 21 How long will I go on seeing the flag and hearing the sound of the war-horn?

  • 6 So we went on building the wall; and all the wall was joined together half-way up: for the people were working hard.

  • 4 Up, now! for this is your business, and we are with you; take heart and do it.

  • 18 At the sound of my horn, and the horns of those who are with me, let your horns be sounded all round the tents, and say, For the Lord and for Gideon.

  • 14 And Judah, turning their faces, saw that they were being attacked in front and at the back; and they gave a cry for help to the Lord, while the priests were sounding their horns.

  • 16 And when our haters had news of this, all the nations round about us were full of fear and were greatly shamed, for they saw that this work had been done by our God.

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    15 And he said, Give ear, O Judah, and you people of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat: the Lord says to you, Have no fear and do not be troubled on account of this great army; for the fight is not yours but God's.

    16 Go down against them tomorrow: see, they are coming up by the slope of Ziz; at the end of the valley, before the waste land of Jeruel, you will come face to face with them.

    17 There will be no need for you to take up arms in this fight; put yourselves in position, and keep where you are, and you will see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: have no fear and do not be troubled: go out against them tomorrow, for the Lord is with you.

  • 20 Then answering them I said, The God of heaven, he will be our help; so we his servants will go on with our building: but you have no part or right or any name in Jerusalem.

  • 13 Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God; and may the Lord do what seems good to him.

  • 4 For the Lord your God goes with you, fighting for you to give you salvation from those who are against you.

  • 8 For if the war-horn gives out an uncertain note, who will get ready for the fight?

  • 12 Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.

  • 5 And at the sound of a long note on the horns, let all the people give a loud cry; and the wall of the town will come down flat, and all the people are to go straight forward.

  • 5 And I and all the people with me will come near the town, and when they come out against us as they did before, we will go in flight from them;

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    9 If they say to us, Keep quiet where you are till we come to you; then we will keep our places and not go up to them.

    10 But if they say, Come up to us; then we will go up, for the Lord has given them into our hands: and this will be the sign to us.

  • 1 Now news came to the haters of Judah and Benjamin that the people who had come back were building a Temple to the Lord, the God of Israel;

  • 4 Give ear, O our God, for we are looked down on: let their words of shame be turned back on themselves, and let them be given up to wasting in a land where they are prisoners:

  • 4 If only one of them is sounded, then the chiefs, the heads of the thousands of Israel, are to come to you.

  • 22 For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power and his wrath are against all those who are turned away from him.

  • 2 And when you are on the point of attacking, let the priest come forward and say to the people,

  • Neh 2:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17 Then I said to them, You see what a bad condition we are in; how Jerusalem is a waste, and its doorways burned with fire: come, let us get to work, building up the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer be put to shame.

    18 Then I gave them an account of how the hand of my God was on me, helping me; and of the king's words which he had said to me. And they said, Let us get to work on the building. So they made their hands strong for the good work.

  • 9 For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong.

  • 4 The noise of great numbers in the mountains, like the noise of a strong people! The noise of the kingdoms of the nations meeting together! The Lord of armies is numbering his forces for war.

  • 3 Get out the breastplate and body-cover, and come together to the fight.

  • 7 Some put their faith in carriages and some in horses; but we will be strong in the name of the Lord our God.

  • 17 And I put watchmen over you, saying, Give attention to the sound of the horn; but they said, We will not give attention.

  • 40 So the two bands of those who gave praise took up their positions in the house of God, and I and half of the chiefs with me: