Nehemiah 4:1

But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall ,.... Or were building it; for as yet it was not finished, see Nehemiah 4:6 ,

he was wroth, and took great indignation ; inwardly, though outwardly he pretended to treat the work with contempt, as if it never would be accomplished, which yet he feared:

and mocked the Jews ; as a set of foolish builders, and unable to finish what they had begun.