John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 4:10
And Judah said ,.... Several of the men of Judah: the strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed ; through much labour, in carrying heavy loads of stone and timber to the builders, and yet more through fear of the enemy: and there is much rubbish ; which ought to be removed, but that the labourers were so weak that they could not do it: so that we are not able to build the wall ; to finish it before the enemy comes to attack us. read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 4:7-15
We have here, I. The conspiracy which the Jews? enemies formed against them, to stay the building by slaying the builders. The conspirators were not only Sanballat and Tobiah, but other neighbouring people whom they had drawn into the plot. They flattered themselves with a fancy that the work would soon stand still of itself; but, when they heard that it went on a prospered, they were angry at the Jews for being so hasty to push the work forward and angry at themselves for being so slow in... read more