Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him and said, "Their wall of stone that they are building would break down if a fox went on it!"

But I said, "Should a man like me run away? And would a man like me go into the temple so that he can save his life? I will not go in!"

For this reason he was hired: to frighten [me] so that I would act and sin, so that they would have a bad report so they could taunt me.

You warned them so that they would return to your law. Yet they acted arrogantly and did not listen to your commandments but sinned against your judgments that a person must do so that they may live. They turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck and would not listen.