Nehemiah 4:10

In Judah, it was said:

The strength of the laborer fails,
since there is so much rubble.
We will never be able
to rebuild the wall.

Numbers 13:31

But the men who had gone up with him responded, “We can’t go up against the people because they are stronger than we are!”

Numbers 32:9

After they went up as far as Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land the Lord had given them.

2 Chronicles 2:18

Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors to make the people work.

Psalm 11:1-2

For the choir director. Davidic.I have taken refuge in the Lord.
How can you say to me,
“Escape to the mountain like a bird!

Ezekiel 29:18

“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder chafed, but he and his army received no compensation from Tyre for the labor he expended against it.

Haggai 1:2

“The Lord of Hosts says this: These people say: The time has not come for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.

General references

Bible References

The strength

Numbers 13:31
But the men who had gone up with him responded, “We can’t go up against the people because they are stronger than we are!”
Numbers 32:9
After they went up as far as Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land the Lord had given them.
Psalm 11:1
For the choir director. Davidic.I have taken refuge in the Lord.
How can you say to me,
“Escape to the mountain like a bird!
Haggai 1:2
“The Lord of Hosts says this: These people say: The time has not come for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt.”

Bearers

2 Chronicles 2:18
Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors to make the people work.
Ezekiel 29:18
“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder chafed, but he and his army received no compensation from Tyre for the labor he expended against it.

General references

Psalm 102:14
For Your servants take delight in its stones
and favor its dust.

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