Nehemiah 6

1 ♥ 📝 N ow it came to pass, when it was reported^H8085 to Sanballat^H5571 and Tobiah,^H2900 and to Geshem^H1654 the Arabian,^H6163 and unto the rest^H3499 of our enemies,^H341 that I had builded^H1129 the wall,^H2346 and that there was no breach^H6556 left^H3498 therein; (though^H1571 even unto that time^H6256 I had not set up^H5975 the doors^H1817 in the gates;)^H8179

2 ♥ 📝 that Sanballat^H5571 and Geshem^H1654 sent^H7971 unto me, saying,^H559 Come,^H3212 let us meet^H3259 together^H3162 in [one of] the villages^H3715 in the plain^H1237 of Ono.^H207 But they thought^H2803 to do^H6213 me mischief.^H7451

3 ♥ 📝 And I sent^H7971 messengers^H4397 unto them, saying,^H559 I am doing^H6213 a great^H1419 work,^H4399 so that I cannot^H3201 come down:^H3381 why should the work^H4399 cease,^H7673 whilst^H834 I leave^H7503 it, and come down^H3381 to you?

4 ♥ 📝 And they sent^H7971 unto me four^H702 times^H6471 after this sort;^H1697 and I answered^H7725 them after the same manner.^H1697

5 ♥ 📝 Then sent^H7971 Sanballat^H5571 his servant^H5288 unto me in like manner^H1697 the fifth^H2549 time^H6471 with an open^H6605 letter^H107 in his hand,^H3027

6 ♥ 📝 wherein was written,^H3789 It is reported^H8085 among the nations,^H1471 and Gashmu^H1654 saith^H559 it, that thou and the Jews^H3064 think^H2803 to rebel;^H4775 for which cause^H3651 thou art building^H1129 the wall:^H2346 and thou wouldest be^H1933 their king,^H4428 according to these words.^H1697

7 ♥ 📝 And thou hast also appointed^H5975 prophets^H5030 to preach^H7121 of thee at Jerusalem,^H3389 saying,^H559 There is a king^H4428 in Judah:^H3063 and now shall it be reported^H8085 to the king^H4428 according to these words.^H1697 Come^H3212 now therefore, and let us take counsel^H3289 together.^H3162

8 ♥ 📝 Then I sent^H7971 unto him, saying,^H559 There are^H1961 no such things^H1697 done^H1961 as thou sayest,^H559 but thou feignest^H908 them out of thine own heart.^H3820

9 ♥ 📝 For they all would have made us afraid,^H3372 saying,^H559 Their hands^H3027 shall be weakened^H7503 from the work,^H4399 that it be not done.^H6213 But now, [O God], strengthen^H2388 thou my hands.^H3027

10 ♥ 📝 And I went^H935 unto the house^H1004 of Shemaiah^H8098 the son^H1121 of Delaiah^H1806 the son^H1121 of Mehetabel,^H4105 who was shut up;^H6113 and he said,^H559 Let us meet together^H3259 in the house^H1004 of God,^H430 within^H8432 the temple,^H1964 and let us shut^H5462 the doors^H1817 of the temple:^H1964 for they will come^H935 to slay^H2026 thee; yea, in the night^H3915 will they come^H935 to slay^H2026 thee.

11 ♥ 📝 And I said,^H559 Should such^H3644 a man^H376 as I flee?^H1272 and who is there, that, being such as I, would go^H935 into the temple^H1964 to save his life?^H2425 I will not go in.^H935

12 ♥ 📝 And I discerned,^H5234 and, lo, God^H430 had not sent^H7971 him; but he pronounced^H1696 this prophecy^H5016 against me: and Tobiah^H2900 and Sanballat^H5571 had hired^H7936 him.

13 ♥ 📝 For this cause was he hired,^H7936 that I should be afraid,^H3372 and do so,^H6213 and sin,^H2398 and that they might have matter for an evil^H7451 report,^H8034 that they might reproach^H2778 me.

14 ♥ 📝 Remember,^H2142 O my God,^H430 Tobiah^H2900 and Sanballat^H5571 according to these their works,^H4639 and also the prophetess^H5031 Noadiah,^H5129 and the rest^H3499 of the prophets,^H5030 that would have put me in fear.^H3372

15 ♥ 📝 So the wall^H2346 was finished^H7999 in the twenty^H6242 and fifth^H2568 [day] of [the month] Elul,^H435 in fifty^H2572 and two^H8147 days.^H3117

16 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass, when all our enemies^H341 heard^H8085 [thereof], that all the nations^H1471 that were about us^H5439 feared,^H7200 and were much^H3966 cast down^H5307 in their own eyes;^H5869 for they perceived^H3045 that this work^H4399 was wrought^H4399 of our God.^H430

17 ♥ 📝 Moreover in those days^H3117 the nobles^H2715 of Judah^H3063 sent^H1980 many^H7235 letters^H107 unto Tobiah,^H2900 and [the letters] of Tobiah^H2900 came^H935 unto them.

18 ♥ 📝 For there were many^H7227 in Judah^H3063 sworn^H1167 unto him, because he was the son-in-law^H2860 of Shecaniah^H7935 the son^H1121 of Arah;^H733 and his son^H1121 Jehohanan^H3076 had taken^H3947 the daughter^H1323 of Meshullam^H4918 the son^H1121 of Berechiah^H1296 to wife.

19 ♥ 📝 Also they spake^H559 of his good deeds^H2896 before^H6440 me, and reported^H3318 my words^H1697 to him. [And] Tobiah^H2900 sent^H7971 letters^H107 to put me in fear.^H3372