Verse 10

Then those in Judah said,“The strength of the laborers has failed! The debris is so great that we are unable to rebuild the wall.”

Referenced Verses

• Num 13:31 : 31 But the men who had gone up with him said,“We are not able to go up against these people, because they are stronger than we are!”
• Num 32:9 : 9 When they went up to the Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they frustrated the intent of the Israelites so that they did not enter the land that the LORD had given them.
• 2 Chr 2:18 : 18 He designated 70,000 as common laborers, 80,000 as stonecutters in the hills, and 3,600 as supervisors to make sure the people completed the work.
• Ps 11:1-2 : 1 For the music director; by David. In the LORD I have taken shelter. How can you say to me,“Flee to a mountain like a bird! 2 For look, the wicked prepare their bows, they put their arrows on the strings, to shoot in the darkness at the morally upright.
• Ezek 29:18 : 18 “Son of man, King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was rubbed bald and every shoulder rubbed bare; yet he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the work he carried out against it.
• Hag 1:2 : 2 The Indifference of the People This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said:“These people have said,‘The time for rebuilding the LORD’s temple has not yet come.’”