Nehemiah 6:14

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Summary

My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.

Think thou

On the prophetess

General references

Judges 4:4

Bible References

Think thou

Hear, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own head! Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile!

Please remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, the covenant of the priesthood, and the Levites.

Do not let arrogant men overtake me, or let evil men make me homeless!

Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me. (Selah)

So I said to the Lord, "O Lord who rules over all, you are a just judge! You examine people's hearts and minds. I want to see you pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause."

Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them.

Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deeds.

If anyone sees his fellow Christian committing a sin not resulting in death, he should ask, and God will grant life to the person who commits a sin not resulting in death. There is a sin resulting in death. I do not say that he should ask about that.

On the prophetess

He replied, 'I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.' The Lord said, 'Deceive and overpower him. Go out and do as you have proposed.'

So the Lord cut off Israel's head and tail, both the shoots and stalk in one day.

I did not send those prophets, though they claim to be prophesying in my name. They may be saying, 'No war or famine will happen in this land.' But I, the Lord, say this about them: 'War and starvation will kill those prophets.'

The following events occurred in that same year, early in the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah. To be more precise, it was the fifth month of the fourth year of his reign. The prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, spoke to Jeremiah in the Lord's temple in the presence of the priests and all the people.

those prophets of Israel who would prophesy about Jerusalem and would see visions of peace for it, when there was no peace," declares the sovereign Lord.'

"Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.

And many false prophets will appear and deceive many,

And just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these people -- who have warped minds and are disqualified in the faith -- also oppose the truth.

Now the beast was seized, and along with him the false prophet who had performed the signs on his behalf -- signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur.

General references

Now Deborah, a prophetess, wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time.