Nehemiah 6:12

וָאַכִּירָה וְהִנֵּה לֹֽא ־ אֱלֹהִים שְׁלָחוֹ כִּי הַנְּבוּאָה דִּבֶּר עָלַי וְטוֹבִיָּה וְסַנְבַלַּט שְׂכָרֽוֹ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

In Context

11וָאֹמְרָה הַאִישׁ כָּמוֹנִי יִבְרָח וּמִי כָמוֹנִי אֲשֶׁר ־ יָבוֹא אֶל ־ הַהֵיכָל וָחָי לֹא אָבֽוֹא ׃

13לְמַעַן שָׂכוּר הוּא לְמַֽעַן ־ אִירָא וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה ־ כֵּן וְחָטָאתִי וְהָיָה לָהֶם לְשֵׁם רָע לְמַעַן יְחָֽרְפֽוּנִי ׃ פ

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Cross References

Jeremiah 14:14וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלַי שֶׁקֶר הַנְּבִאִים נִבְּאִים בִּשְׁמִי לֹא שְׁלַחְתִּים וְלֹא צִוִּיתִים וְלֹא דִבַּרְתִּי אֲלֵיהֶם חֲזוֹן שֶׁקֶר וְקֶסֶם ואלול ותרמות לִבָּם הֵמָּה מִֽתְנַבְּאִים לָכֶֽם ׃ ס

Jeremiah 23:25שָׁמַעְתִּי אֵת אֲשֶׁר ־ אָֽמְרוּ הַנְּבִאִים הַֽנִּבְּאִים בִּשְׁמִי שֶׁקֶר לֵאמֹר חָלַמְתִּי חָלָֽמְתִּי ׃

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 6:11-15

Shemaiah's Plot Defeated. ( b. c. 445.) 10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee. 11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in. 12 And, lo, I perceived that God… Read the whole commentary →

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