Nehemiah 6:11-13

New American Standard Bible

¹¹ But I said, “^(A)Should a man like me flee? And who is there like me who would go into the temple ^[a]to save his own life? I will not go in.” ¹² Then I realized ^[b]that God certainly had not sent him, but he uttered his prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. ¹³ He was hired for this reason, ^(B)that I would become frightened and act accordingly and sin, so that they might have an evil report in order that they could taunt me.