Nehemiah 6:3
So I sent messengers to tell them, “I'm busy with important work and I can't come down. Why should I stop what I'm doing and leave it to come and see you?”
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4They sent me the same message four times, and every time my reply was the same.
Cross References
Nehemiah 4:13So I positioned defenders behind the lowest, most vulnerable sections, of the wall. I had them take their positions by families, armed with their swords, spears, and bows.
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you do, do it with all your strength, for when you go to the grave there's no more working or thinking, no more knowing or being wise.
Luke 14:30‘Look at him: he started building but he couldn't finish.’
1 Timothy 4:15Think carefully about these things, and dedicate yourself completely to them so that everyone can see the progress you're making.
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 6:2-10
The Plot of Sanballat, &c. ( b. c. 445.) 1 Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) 2 That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. 3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work,… Read the whole commentary →