ATTEMPTS TO INTIMIDATE NEHEMIAH

10 I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was restricted to his house. He said:

Let’s meet at the house of God,

inside the temple.

Let’s shut the temple doors

because they’re coming to kill you.

They’re coming to kill you tonight!E

11 But I said, “Should a man like me run away? How can someone like me enter the temple and live?s I will not go.” 12 I realized that God had not sent him, because of the prophecy he spoke against me. Tobiah and Sanballatt had hired him. 13 He was hired, so that I would be intimidated,u do as he suggested, sin, and get a bad reputation, in order that they could discredit me.