Nehemiah 4:7 (DRB)

Passage

And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Azotians heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and the breaches began to be closed, that they were exceedingly angry.

Nearby Context

Nehemiah 4:5 Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face, because they have mocked thy builders.

Nehemiah 4:6 So we built the wall, and joined it all together unto the half thereof: and the heart of the people was excited to work.

Nehemiah 4:7 And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Azotians heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and the breaches began to be closed, that they were exceedingly angry.

Nehemiah 4:8 And they all assembled themselves together, to come, and to fight against Jerusalem, and to prepare ambushes.

Nehemiah 4:9 And we prayed to our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night against them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "came", "pass", "sanaballat", "tobias", "arabians", "ammonites", "azotians", and "heard". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "came" and "pass", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "So we built the wall and joined..." into verse 8's "And they all assembled themselves together to...", so "came" and "pass" belong inside that flow. In Nehemiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "came" and "pass" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.