12 Then I perceived (a)that surely God 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, (A)that I might become frightened and act accordingly and sin, so that they might have an evil report in order that they could reproach me.

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a. Nehemiah 6:12: ['Lit ', and behold God]

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