Nehemiah 6:9-11

International Standard Version

⁹ For they all were trying to make us afraid by saying, “Their hands will become tired from laboring, so the work won’t be completed.”

“Therefore, Lord,^[a] strengthen my hands!”

A Conspiracy Charge Emerges

¹⁰ Later I visited Delaiah’s son Shemaiah, a grandson of Mehetabel, who was confined at home. He kept urging me, “Let’s meet together at the house of God, within the Temple, and take refuge there,^[b] because they’re coming to kill you. In fact, they’re coming at night to kill you!”

¹¹ But I asked him, “Should a man like me run? Should someone like me run into the Temple to save his life? I won’t go there!”