<vn='1'>Now it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="834">when</s><sn="5571">Sanballat</s>, and <sn="2900">Tobiah</s>, and <sn="1654">Geshem</s> the <sn="6163">Arabian</s>, and the <sn="3499">rest</s> of our <sn="341">enemies</s>, <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="3588">that</s> I had <sn="1129">built</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2346">wall</s>, and that there was <sn="3808">no</s><sn="6556">breach</s><sn="3498">left</s> therein; ( <sn="1571">though</s><sn="5704">at</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="6256">time</s> I had <sn="3808">not</s> set <sn="5975">up</s> the <sn="1817">doors</s> upon the <sn="8179">gates</s>;) </v>
<vn='2'>That <sn="5571">Sanballat</s> and <sn="1654">Geshem</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="1980">Come</s>, let us <sn="3259">meet</s><sn="3162">together</s> in some one of the <sn="3715">villages</s> in the <sn="1237">plain</s> of <sn="207">Ono</s>. But <sn="1992">they</s><sn="2803">thought</s> to <sn="6213">do</s> me <sn="7451">mischief</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And I <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s><sn="5921">unto</s> them, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="589">I</s> am <sn="6213">doing</s> a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="4399">work</s>, so that I <sn="3808 3201">cannot</s> come <sn="3381">down</s>: <sn="4100">why</s> should the <sn="4399">work</s><sn="7673">cease</s>, <sn="834">whilst</s> I <sn="7503">leave</s> it, and come <sn="3381">down</s><sn="413">to</s> you? </v>
<vn='4'>Yet they <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">unto</s> me <sn="702">four</s><sn="6471">times</s> after <sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">sort</s>; and I <sn="7725">answered</s> them after the <sn="2088">same</s><sn="1697">manner</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Then <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="5571">Sanballat</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="5288">servant</s><sn="413">unto</s> me in <sn="2088">like</s><sn="1697">manner</s> the <sn="2549">fifth</s><sn="6471">time</s> with an <sn="6605">open</s><sn="107">letter</s> in his <sn="3027">hand</s>; </v>
<vn='6'>Wherein was <sn="3789">written</s>, It is <sn="8085">reported</s> among the <sn="1471">heathen</s>, and <sn="1654">Gashmu</s><sn="559">saith</s> it, that <sn="859">thou</s> and the <sn="3064">Jews</s><sn="2803">think</s> to <sn="4775">rebel</s>: <sn="5921">for</s> which <sn="3651">cause</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="1129">buildest</s> the <sn="2346">wall</s>, that <sn="859">thou</s> mayest <sn="1933">be</s> their <sn="4428">king</s>, according to <sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">words</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And thou hast <sn="1571">also</s><sn="5975">appointed</s><sn="5030">prophets</s> to <sn="7121">preach</s><sn="5921">of</s> thee at <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, There is a <sn="4428">king</s> in <sn="3063">Judah</s>: and <sn="6258">now</s> shall it be <sn="8085">reported</s> to the <sn="4428">king</s> according to <sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">words</s>. <sn="1980">Come</s><sn="6258">now</s> therefore, and let us take <sn="3289">counsel</s><sn="3162">together</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Then I <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="559">saying</s>, There <sn="1961">are</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="428">such</s><sn="1697">things</s> done <sn="834">as</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="559">sayest</s>, <sn="3588">but</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="908">feignest</s> them out of thine own <sn="4480 3820">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3588">For</s> they <sn="3605">all</s> made us <sn="3372 *853">afraid</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Their <sn="3027">hands</s> shall be <sn="7503">weakened</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="4399">work</s>, that it be <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6213">done</s>. <sn="6258">Now</s> therefore, O God, <sn="2388">strengthen</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="3027">hands</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Afterward <sn="589">I</s><sn="935">came</s> unto the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="8098">Shemaiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1806">Delaiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="4105">Mehetabeel</s>, <sn="1931">who</s> was shut <sn="6113">up</s>; and he <sn="559">said</s>, Let us meet <sn="3259">together</s><sn="413">in</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="413 8432">within</s> the <sn="1964">temple</s>, and let us <sn="5462">shut</s> the <sn="1817">doors</s> of the <sn="1964">temple</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> they will <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="2026">slay</s> thee; yea, in the <sn="3915">night</s> will they <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="2026">slay</s> thee. </v>
<vn='11'>And I <sn="559">said</s>, Should such a man as <sn="3644 376">I</s><sn="1272">flee</s>? and <sn="4310">who</s> is there, <sn="834">that</s>, being as <sn="3644">I</s> am, would <sn="935">go</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="1964">temple</s> to save his <sn="2425">life</s>? I will <sn="3808">not</s> go <sn="935">in</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And, <sn="2009">lo</s>, I <sn="5234">perceived</s> that <sn="430">God</s> had <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7971">sent</s> him; <sn="3588">but</s> that he <sn="1696">pronounced</s> this <sn="5016">prophecy</s><sn="5921">against</s> me: for <sn="2900">Tobiah</s> and <sn="5571">Sanballat</s> had <sn="7936">hired</s> him. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="4616">Therefore</s> was <sn="1931">he</s><sn="7936">hired</s>, <sn="4616">that</s> I should be <sn="3372">afraid</s>, and <sn="6213">do</s><sn="3651">so</s>, and <sn="2398">sin</s>, and that they might <sn="1961">have</s> matter for an <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="8034">report</s>, <sn="4616">that</s> they might <sn="2778">reproach</s> me. </v>
<vn='14'>My <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="2142">think</s> thou upon <sn="2900">Tobiah</s> and <sn="5571">Sanballat</s> according to <sn="428">these</s> their <sn="4639">works</s>, <sn="1571">and</s> on the <sn="5031">prophetess</s><sn="5129">Noadiah</s>, and the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="5030">prophets</s>, <sn="834">that</s> would <sn="1961">have</s> put me in <sn="3372">fear</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>So the <sn="2346">wall</s> was <sn="7999">finished</s> in the <sn="6242">twenty</s> and <sn="2568">fifth</s> day of the month <sn="435">Elul</s>, in <sn="2572">fifty</s> and <sn="8147">two</s><sn="3117">days</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, that <sn="834">when</s><sn="3605">all</s> our <sn="341">enemies</s><sn="8085">heard</s> thereof, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1471">heathen</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="5439">about</s> us <sn="7200">saw</s> these things, they were <sn="3966">much</s> cast <sn="5307">down</s> in their own <sn="5869">eyes</s>: for they <sn="3045">perceived</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="4399">work</s> was <sn="6213">wrought</s><sn="4480 854">of</s> our <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1571">Moreover</s> in <sn="1992">those</s><sn="3117">days</s> the <sn="2715">nobles</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="1980">sent</s><sn="7235">many</s><sn="107">letters</s><sn="5921">unto</s><sn="2900">Tobiah</s>, and the letters of <sn="2900">Tobiah</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> them. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="3588">For</s> there were <sn="7227">many</s> in <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="1167 7621">sworn</s> unto him, <sn="3588">because</s><sn="1931">he</s> was the son in <sn="2860">law</s> of <sn="7935">Shechaniah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="733">Arah</s>; and his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="3076">Johanan</s> had <sn="3947">taken</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="4918">Meshullam</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1296">Berechiah</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="1571">Also</s> they <sn="1961 559">reported</s> his good <sn="2896">deeds</s><sn="6440">before</s> me, and <sn="1961 3318">uttered</s> my <sn="1697">words</s> to him. And <sn="2900">Tobiah</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="107">letters</s> to put me in <sn="3372">fear</s>. </v>