Nehemiah 6:10-12
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
10 One day when I went into the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house, he said, ‘Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you; indeed, tonight they are coming to kill you.’ 11 But I said, ‘Should a man like me run away? Would a man like me go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in!’ 12 Then I perceived and saw that God had not sent him at all, but he had pronounced the prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
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