1)
What did all our enemies hear?
1.
Rashi: That the building of the wall was completed.
2)
What did all the nations around us see?
1.
Rashi: That the building of the wall around the city was completed.
3)
What is the meaning of "va'Yipelu Me'od b'Eineihem"?
1.
Rashi: They fell in their own eyes. They despised themselves, for fear of the Yehudim came on them.
2.
Ibn Ezra: They were lowly, and fell from their level, and cannot stand in front of [the Jews].
3.
Malbim: They realized that Hashem's Hashgachah enabled them to finish the wall quickly 1 , and the enemies were not able to cease it.
1
In 52 days. (PF)
