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Nehemiah 4

Neh. 4:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, The strength
koach (Hebrew #3581)
from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
KJV usage: ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
Pronounce: ko'-akh
Origin: or (Dan. 11:6) kowach {ko'-akh}
of the bearers of burdens
cabbal (Hebrew #5449)
a porter
KJV usage: (to bear, bearer of) burden(-s).
Pronounce: sab-bawl'
Origin: from 5445
is decayed
kashal (Hebrew #3782)
to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
KJV usage: bereave (from the margin), cast down, be decayed, (cause to) fail, (cause, make to) fall (down, -ing), feeble, be (the) ruin(-ed, of), (be) overthrown, (cause to) stumble, X utterly, be weak.
Pronounce: kaw-shal'
Origin: a primitive root
, and there is much
rabah (Hebrew #7235)
to increase (in whatever respect)
KJV usage: (bring in) abundance (X -antly), + archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, X -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), X process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Pronounce: raw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
rubbish
`aphar (Hebrew #6083)
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
KJV usage: ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
Pronounce: aw-fawr'
Origin: from 6080
; so that we are not able
yakol (Hebrew #3201)
a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
KJV usage: be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
Pronounce: yaw-kole'
Origin: or (fuller) yakowl {yaw-kole'}
to build
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
the wall
chowmah (Hebrew #2346)
a wall of protection
KJV usage: wall, walled.
Pronounce: kho-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
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Ministry on This Verse

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The strength.
Num. 13:31• 31But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. (Num. 13:31)
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Num. 32:9• 9For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given them. (Num. 32:9)
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Psa. 11:1‑2• 1<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.>> In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
 2For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. (Psa. 11:1‑2)
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Hag. 1:2• 2Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord's house should be built. (Hag. 1:2)
bearers.
2 Chron. 2:18• 18And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work. (2 Chron. 2:18)
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Ezek. 29:18• 18Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it: (Ezek. 29:18)
• Their initial strength had failed and weakness had come in. This is not uncommon in any work; the Ephesians are reproved for having left their first love (Rev. 3:4). Trials often reveal the reality of the heart. (“The Difficulties Mount - Neh. 4:7-12” by N. Simon)
• The accumulation of rubbish proved to be a discouragement. It is no different today; how often we hear that it’s not possible to hold back the rising tide — and that may indeed be true. However, we don’t need to be caught in it. We can go on in the simplicity of Scripture without the encumbrances of centuries of rubbish. (“The Difficulties Mount - Neh. 4:7-12” by N. Simon)
• "The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed." Judah had forgotten that the Lord was the strength of His people, and that if He places a burden of service upon the shoulders of any of His people, He gives also the needful strength for its execution. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 4:1-15” by E. Dennett)
• The corruptions in the Church have been so many—so much "rubbish" has been imported on every side—that, despairing of carrying out separation from evil according to the Word of God, souls have often been betrayed into acceptance of the very things they deplore. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 4:1-15” by E. Dennett)
• The effect of the display of the enemy's power, and the prospect of incessant warfare had discouraged the heart of Judah; and he sought to find a justification for his state of soul in the condition of the burden bearers, and in the obstacles to his work. Many of us can understand this; for to labor under constant discouragements and in the presence of active enemies is calculated to try the spirit and to tempt us to abandon our service, especially when we have ceased to derive our strength and our motives to perseverance from communion with the mind of the Lord. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 4:1-15” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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