Nehemiah 6:8-10

Contemporary English Version

⁸ I sent a message back to Sanballat, saying, “None of this is true! You are making it all up.”

⁹ Our enemies were trying to frighten us and to keep us from our work. But I asked God to give me strength.

¹⁰ One day I went to visit Shemaiah.^[a] He wasn't supposed to leave his house, but he said, “Let's hurry to the holy place of the temple and hide there.^[b] We will lock the temple doors, because your enemies are planning to kill you tonight.”