Nehemiah 6:2-4

New Living Translation

² So Sanballat and Geshem sent a message asking me to meet them at one of the villages^[a] in the plain of Ono.

But I realized they were plotting to harm me, ³ so I replied by sending this message to them: “I am engaged in a great work, so I can’t come. Why should I stop working to come and meet with you?”

⁴ Four times they sent the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.