John Trapp on Nehemiah 4:3

Verſe 3. Now Tobiah the Ammonite] This was one of Sanballats good brethren, ver. 2. A Bird of the ſame feather, a loaf of the ſame leven, his fellow-ſcoffer, and ſo homine pejor, ſaith Chryſoſtome; worſe then a man; as the ſcoffed that beareth it well, is Angelis par, ſaith he, an Angels peere.

Even that which they build, if a Fox go up, &c.] It was ſome ſuch bitter jeer that Remus uttered in contempt of Romulus his new wall, and was knockt on the head for it. Hae ſannae leniter volant, non lenitèr violant.