The king should know that we went to the district of Judah, to the temple of the great God. The people are building it with large stones and placing the timbers in the walls. The work(A) is being carried on with diligence and is making rapid progress under their direction.

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Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.

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11 The stones(A) of the wall will cry out,
    and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.

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11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

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