8. All of them made evil plans to come and fight against Jerusalem. They wanted to stir up trouble against it.
9. But we prayed to our God. We put guards on duty day and night to watch out for danger.
10. During that time, the people in Judah spoke up. They said, "The workers are getting weaker and weaker all the time. Broken stones are piled up everywhere. They are in our way. So we can't rebuild the wall."
11. And our enemies said, "We will be right there among them. We'll kill them. We'll put an end to their work. We'll do it before they even know it or see us."
12. Then the Jews who lived near our enemies came to us. They told us ten times, "No matter where you are, they'll attack us."
13. So I stationed some people behind the lowest parts of the wall. That's where our enemies could easily attack us. I stationed the people family by family. They had their swords, spears and bows with them.