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[1] Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates), [2] Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come! Let’s meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to harm me. [3] I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I can’t come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?” [4] They sent to me four times like this; and I answered them the same way. [5] Then Sanballat sent his servant to me the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand, [6] in which was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel. Because of that, you are building the wall. You would be their king, according to these words. [7] You have also appointed prophets to proclaim of you at Jerusalem, saying, ‘There is a king in Judah!’ Now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let’s take counsel together.” [8] Then I sent to him, saying, “There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart.” [9] For they all would have made us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened from the work, that it not be done.” But now, strengthen my hands. [10] I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home; and he said, “Let us meet together in God’s house, within the temple, and let’s shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to kill you. Yes, in the night they will come to kill you.” [11] I said, “Should a man like me 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 was 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 Elul, in fifty-two days. [16] When all our enemies heard of it, all the nations that were around us were afraid, and they lost their confidence; for they perceived that this work was done by our God. [17] Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them. [18] For there were many in Judah sworn to him because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah as wife. [19] Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
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[1] Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, H5571 and Tobiah, H2900 and Geshem H1654 the Arabian, H6163 and the rest H3499 of our enemies, H341 (QalActPtc) heard H8085 (NiphPerf) that I had builded H1129 (QalPerf) the wall, H2346 and that there was no breach H6556 left H3498 (NiphPerf) therein; (though H1571 at that time H6256 I had not set up H5975 (HiphPerf) the doors H1817 upon the gates;) H8179 [2] that Sanballat H5571 and Geshem H1654 sent H7971 (QalImpf) unto me, saying, H559 (QalInf) Come, H3212 (QalImpv) let us meet H3259 (NiphImpf) together H3162 in some one of the villages H3715 in the plain H1237 of Ono. H207 But they thought H2803 (QalActPtc) to do H6213 (QalInf) me mischief. H7451 [3] And I sent H7971 (QalImpf) messengers H4397 unto them, saying, H559 (QalInf) I am doing H6213 (QalActPtc) a great H1419 work, H4399 so that I cannot H3201 (QalImpf) come down: H3381 (QalInf) why should the work H4399 cease, H7673 (QalImpf) whilst H834 I leave H7503 (HiphImpf) it, and come down H3381 (QalPerf) to you? [4] Yet they sent H7971 (QalImpf) unto me four H702 times H6471 after this sort; H1697 and I answered H7725 (HiphImpf) them after the same manner. H1697 [5] Then sent H7971 (QalImpf) Sanballat H5571 his servant H5288 unto me in like manner H1697 the fifth H2549 time H6471 with an open H6605 (QalPasPtc) letter H107 in his hand; H3027 [6] wherein was written, H3789 (QalPasPtc) It is reported H8085 (NiphPerf) among the heathen, H1471 and Gashmu H1654§ saith H559 (QalActPtc) it, that thou and the Jews H3064 think H2803 (QalActPtc) to rebel: H4775 (QalInf) for which cause H3651 thou buildest H1129 (QalActPtc) the wall, H2346 that thou mayest be H1933 (QalActPtc) their king, H4428 according to these words. H1697 [7] And thou hast also appointed H5975 (HiphPerf) prophets H5030 to preach H7121 (QalInf) of thee at Jerusalem, H3389 saying, H559 (QalInf) There is a king H4428 in Judah: H3063 and now shall it be reported H8085 (NiphImpf) to the king H4428 according to these words. H1697 Come H3212 (QalImpv) now therefore, and let us take counsel H3289 (NiphImpf) together. H3162 [8] Then I sent H7971 (QalImpf) unto him, saying, H559 (QalInf) There are H1961 no such things H1697 done H1961 (NiphPerf) as thou sayest, H559 (QalActPtc) but thou feignest H908 (QalActPtc) them out of thine own heart. H3820 [9] For they all made us afraid, H3372 (PielPtc) saying, H559 (QalInf) Their hands H3027 shall be weakened H7503 (QalImpf) from the work, H4399 that it be not done. H6213 (NiphImpf) Now therefore, O God, strengthen H2388 (PielImpv) my hands. H3027 [10] Afterward I came H935 (QalPerf) unto the house H1004 of Shemaiah H8098 the son H1121 of Delaiah H1806 the son H1121 of Mehetabeel, H4105 who was shut up; H6113 (QalPasPtc) and he said, H559 (QalImpf) Let us meet together H3259 (NiphImpf) in the house H1004 of God, H430 within H8432 the temple, H1964 and let us shut H5462 (QalImpf) the doors H1817 of the temple: H1964 for they will come H935 (QalActPtc) to slay H2026 (QalInf) thee; yea, in the night H3915 will they come H935 (QalActPtc) to slay H2026 (QalInf) thee. [11] And I said, H559 (QalImpf) Should such H3644 a man H376 as I flee? H1272 (QalImpf) and who is there, that, being as I am, would go H935 (QalImpf) into the temple H1964 to save his life? H2425 (QalPerf) I will not go in. H935 (QalImpf) [12] And, lo, I perceived H5234 (HiphImpf) that God H430 had not sent H7971 (QalPerf) him; but that he pronounced H1696 (PielPerf) this prophecy H5016 against me: for Tobiah H2900 and Sanballat H5571 had hired H7936 (QalPerf) him. [13] Therefore was he hired, H7936 (QalPasPtc) that I should be afraid, H3372 (QalImpf) and do so, H6213 (QalImpf) and sin, H2398 (QalPerf) and that they might have matter for an evil H7451 report, H8034 that they might reproach H2778 (PielImpf) me. [14] My God, H430 think H2142 (QalImpv) thou upon Tobiah H2900 and Sanballat H5571 according to these their works, H4639 and on the prophetess H5031 Noadiah, H5129 and the rest H3499 of the prophets, H5030 that would have put me in fear. H3372 (PielPtc)The Wall Finished
[15] So the wall H2346 was finished H7999 (QalImpf) in the twenty H6242 and fifth H2568 day of the month Elul, H435 in fifty H2572 and two H8147 days. H3117 [16] And it came to pass, that when all our enemies H341 (QalActPtc) heard H8085 (QalPerf) thereof, and all the heathen H1471 that were about us H5439 saw H7200 (QalImpf) these things, they were much H3966 cast down H5307 (QalImpf) in their own eyes: H5869 for they perceived H3045 (QalImpf) that this work H4399 was wrought H6213 (NiphPerf) of our God. H430 [17] Moreover in those days H3117 the nobles H2715 of Judah H3063 sent H1980 (QalActPtc) many H7235 (HiphPtc) letters H107 unto Tobiah, H2900§ and the letters of Tobiah H2900 came H935 (QalActPtc) unto them. [18] For there were many H7227 in Judah H3063 sworn H1167 unto him, because he was the son in law H2860 of Shechaniah H7935 the son H1121 of Arah; H733 and his son H1121 Johanan H3076 had taken H3947 (QalPerf) the daughter H1323 of Meshullam H4918 the son H1121 of Berechiah. H1296 [19] Also they reported H559 (QalActPtc) his good deeds H2896 before H6440 me, and uttered H3318 (HiphPtc) my words H1697§ to him. And Tobiah H2900 sent H7971 (QalPerf) letters H107 to put me in fear. H3372 (PielInf)Footnotes
- § 6:6 Or, Geshem
- § 6:17 Heb. multiplied letters passing to Tobiah
- § 6:19 Or, matters
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