Nehemiah 6:2-4

Good News Translation

² So Sanballat and Geshem sent me a message, suggesting that I meet with them in one of the villages in the Plain of Ono. This was a trick of theirs to try to harm me. ³ I sent messengers to say to them, “I am doing important work and can't go down there. I am not going to let the work stop just to go and see you.”

⁴ They sent me the same message four times, and each time I sent them the same reply.