Nehemiah 6:11-13

Good News Translation

¹¹ I answered, “I'm not the kind of person that runs and hides. Do you think I would try to save my life by hiding in the Temple? I won't do it.”

¹² When I thought it over, I realized that God had not spoken to Shemaiah, but that Tobiah and Sanballat had bribed him to give me this warning. ¹³ They hired him to frighten me into sinning, so that they could ruin my reputation and humiliate me.