Nehemiah 6:10-14

Amplified Bible

¹⁰ When I went into the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was ^[a]confined at home, he said, “Let us meet [and take refuge] together in the house of God, ^[b]within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple, because they are coming to kill you, and they are coming to kill you at night.” ¹¹ But I said, “Should a man like me flee [in fear and hide]? Should ^[c]someone like me enter the temple [for sanctuary] to save his life? I will not go.” ¹² Then I realized that God had not sent him, but he spoke this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. ¹³ He was hired for this reason, that I would be frightened and do as he said and sin, so that they would have [grounds to make] a malicious report in order to censure and disgrace me. ¹⁴ Remember, O My God, Tobiah and Sanballat in regard to these actions of theirs, and also [remember] the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who were trying to frighten me.