Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Nehemiah 6:8
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Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”
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Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
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Then I sent to him, saying, “There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart.”
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Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
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Nehemiah 6
6 that read: “It is reported among the nations—and Geshem agrees—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and this is why you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to become their king,
7 and you have even appointed prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim on your behalf: ‘There is a king in Judah.’ Soon these rumors will reach the ears of the king. So come, let us confer together.”
8 Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”
9 For they were all trying to frighten us, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will never be finished.” But now, my God, strengthen my hands.
10 Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you!”
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