¹² I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had prophesied against me^(A) because Tobiah and Sanballat^(B) had hired him. ¹³ He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would commit a sin by doing this, and then they would give me a bad name to discredit me.^(C)

¹⁴ Remember^(D) Tobiah and Sanballat,^(E) my God, because of what they have done; remember also the prophet^(F) Noadiah and how she and the rest of the prophets^(G) have been trying to intimidate me.