19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they laughed at us and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? (A)Will you rebel against the king?”

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19 But when Sanballat(A) the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem(B) the Arab heard about it, they mocked and ridiculed us.(C) “What is this you are doing?” they asked. “Are you rebelling against the king?”

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In it was written:

It is reported among the nations, and [a]Geshem says, that you and the Jews plan to rebel; therefore, according to these rumors, you are rebuilding the wall, (A)that you may be their king.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 6:6 Heb. Gashmu

in which was written:

“It is reported among the nations—and Geshem[a](A) says it is true—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and therefore you are building the wall. Moreover, according to these reports you are about to become their king

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  1. Nehemiah 6:6 Hebrew Gashmu, a variant of Geshem

Conspiracy Against Nehemiah

Now it happened (A)when Sanballat, Tobiah, [a]Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall, and that there were no breaks left in it (B)(though at that time I had not hung the doors in the gates), that Sanballat and [b]Geshem (C)sent to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together [c]among the villages in the plain of (D)Ono.” But they (E)thought to do me harm.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 6:1 Or Gashmu
  2. Nehemiah 6:2 Or Gashmu
  3. Nehemiah 6:2 Or in Kephirim, exact location unknown

Further Opposition to the Rebuilding

When word came to Sanballat, Tobiah,(A) Geshem(B) the Arab and the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left in it—though up to that time I had not set the doors in the gates— Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages[a] on the plain of Ono.(C)

But they were scheming to harm me;

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  1. Nehemiah 6:2 Or in Kephirim

13 (A)You make us a reproach to our neighbors,
A scorn and a derision to those all around us.
14 (B)You make us a byword among the nations,
(C)A shaking of the head among the peoples.

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13 You have made us a reproach(A) to our neighbors,(B)
    the scorn(C) and derision(D) of those around us.
14 You have made us a byword(E) among the nations;
    the peoples shake their heads(F) at us.

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40 And they ridiculed Him. (A)But when He had put them all outside, He took the father and the mother of the child, and those who were with Him, and entered where the child was lying.

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40 But they laughed at him.

After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was.

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36 Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and (A)of chains and imprisonment.

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36 Some faced jeers and flogging,(A) and even chains and imprisonment.(B)

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(A)For we have found this man a plague, a creator of dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

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“We have found this man to be a troublemaker, stirring up riots(A) among the Jews(B) all over the world. He is a ringleader of the Nazarene(C) sect(D)

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12 From then on Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you let this Man go, you are not Caesar’s friend. (A)Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.”

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12 From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, “If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king(A) opposes Caesar.”

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And they began to (A)accuse Him, saying, “We found this fellow (B)perverting [a]the nation, and (C)forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying (D)that He Himself is Christ, a King.”

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  1. Luke 23:2 NU our

And they began to accuse him, saying, “We have found this man subverting our nation.(A) He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar(B) and claims to be Messiah, a king.”(C)

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For when I spoke, I cried out;
(A)I shouted, “Violence and plunder!”
Because the word of the Lord was made to me
A reproach and a derision daily.

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Whenever I speak, I cry out
    proclaiming violence and destruction.(A)
So the word of the Lord has brought me
    insult and reproach(B) all day long.

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You have made us a strife to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.

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You have made us an object of derision[a] to our neighbors,
    and our enemies mock us.(A)

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  1. Psalm 80:6 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text contention

We have become a reproach to our (A)neighbors,
A scorn and derision to those who are around us.

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We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
    of scorn(A) and derision to those around us.(B)

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Job’s Wealth Now Poverty

30 “But now they mock at me, men [a]younger than I,
Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

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  1. Job 30:1 Lit. of fewer days

30 “But now they mock me,(A)
    men younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
    to put with my sheep dogs.(B)

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