6. We kept at it, repairing and rebuilding the wall. The whole wall was soon joined together and halfway to its intended height because the people had a heart for the work.
10. But soon word was going around in Judah,The builders are pooped,the rubbish piles up;We’re in over our heads,we can’t build this wall.
21. And so we kept working, from first light until the stars came out, half of us holding lances.
22. I also instructed the people, “Each person and his helper is to stay inside Jerusalem—guards by night and workmen by day.”
23. We all slept in our clothes—I, my brothers, my workmen, and the guards backing me up. And each one kept his spear in his hand, even when getting water.