World English Bible
Nehemiah 6:13
“He hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.”
Verse in context — Nehemiah 6
11
I said, "Should such a man as I flee? Who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
12
I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
13
He hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
14
Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
15
So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth [day] of [the month] Elul, in fifty-two days.
About Nehemiah
Rebuilding Jerusalem’s walls and restoring the community’s faith.
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