John Gill, on Neh 4:4

“Hear thou our God, for we are despised: turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them to be despised in a land of captivity.”

“Hear, O our God, for we are despised,.... Here begins the prayer of Nehemiah, who had been informed of what these men said in contempt of him, and his builders, and to whom he sent no answer, but applied to God: and turn their reproach upon their own head; as they have despised and reproached us, let them be despised and reproached by their neighbours: give them for a prey in the land of captivity; let them be carried captive, as we have been, and become a prey and booty to their enemies.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.