And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, that lengthening hath gone up to the walls of Jerusalem, that the breeches have begun to be stopped, then it is very displeasing to them,
Nehemiah 4:5 and do not cover over their iniquity, and their sin from before Thee let not be blotted out, for they have provoked to anger--over-against those building.
Nehemiah 4:6 And we build the wall, and all the wall is joined--unto its half, and the people have a heart to work.
Nehemiah 4:7 And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, that lengthening hath gone up to the walls of Jerusalem, that the breeches have begun to be stopped, then it is very displeasing to them,
Nehemiah 4:8 and they conspire, all of them together, to come in to fight against Jerusalem, and to do to it injury.
Nehemiah 4:9 And we pray unto our God, and appoint a watch against them, by day and by night, because of them.
The verse centers on "cometh", "pass", "sanballat", "hath", "heard", "tobiah", "arabians", and "ammonites". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "cometh" and "pass", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 6's "And we build the wall and all..." into verse 8's "and they conspire all of them together...", so "cometh" 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 "cometh" and "pass" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.