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1. And it happened, when it was heard by Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that no break was left in it though at that time I had not set up doors on the gates,
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1. Now it came to pass H1961 , when H834 Sanballat H5571 , and Tobiah H2900 , and Geshem H1654 the Arabian H6163 , and the rest H3499 of our enemies H341 , heard H8085 that H3588 I had built H1129 H853 the wall H2346 , and that there was no H3808 breach H6556 left H3498 therein; ( though H1571 at H5704 that H1931 time H6256 I had not H3808 set up H5975 the doors H1817 upon the gates H8179 ;)
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2. Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do evil to me.
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2. That Sanballat H5571 and Geshem H1654 sent H7971 unto H413 me, saying H559 , Come H1980 , let us meet H3259 together H3162 in some one of the villages H3715 in the plain H1237 of Ono H207 . But they H1992 thought H2803 to do H6213 me mischief H7451 .
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3. And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?
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3. And I sent H7971 messengers H4397 unto H5921 them, saying H559 , I H589 am doing H6213 a great H1419 work H4399 , so that I cannot H3808 H3201 come down H3381 : why H4100 should the work H4399 cease H7673 , whilst H834 I leave H7503 it , and come down H3381 to H413 you?
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4. And they sent to me four times in this way. And I answered them in the same way.
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4. Yet they sent H7971 unto H413 me four H702 times H6471 after this H2088 sort H1697 ; and I answered H7725 them after the same H2088 manner H1697 .
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5. Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand, in which was written,
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5. Then sent H7971 Sanballat H5571 H853 his servant H5288 unto H413 me in like H2088 manner H1697 the fifth H2549 time H6471 with an open H6605 letter H107 in his hand H3027 ;
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6. It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says that you and the Jews plan to rebel; for which reason you are building the wall, so that you may be a king to them, according to these words.
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6. Wherein was written H3789 , It is reported H8085 among the heathen H1471 , and Gashmu H1654 saith H559 it, that thou H859 and the Jews H3064 think H2803 to rebel H4775 : for H5921 which cause H3651 thou H859 buildest H1129 the wall H2346 , that thou H859 mayest be H1933 their king H4428 , according to these H428 words H1697 .
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7. And you have also set up prophets to preach about you at Jerusalem, saying, A king in Judah! And now it shall be reported to the king according to these words. Therefore, come now and let us consult together.
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7. And thou hast also H1571 appointed H5975 prophets H5030 to preach H7121 of H5921 thee at Jerusalem H3389 , saying H559 , There is a king H4428 in Judah H3063 : and now H6258 shall it be reported H8085 to the king H4428 according to these H428 words H1697 . Come H1980 now H6258 therefore , and let us take counsel H3289 together H3162 .
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8. And I sent to him, saying, These things which you are saying are not happening, for you pretend them out of your own heart.
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8. Then I sent H7971 unto H413 him, saying H559 , There are H1961 no H3808 such H428 things H1697 done as H834 thou H859 sayest H559 , but H3588 thou H859 feignest H908 them out of thine own heart H4480 H3820 .
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9. For they all made us fear, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, and it will not be done. And now, make my hands strong.
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9. For H3588 they all H3605 made us afraid H3372 H853 , saying H559 , Their hands H3027 shall be weakened H7503 from H4480 the work H4399 , that it be not H3808 done H6213 . Now H6258 therefore, O God , strengthen H2388 H853 my hands H3027 .
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10. And I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up. And he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, inside the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple. For they will come to kill you. Yea, in the night they will come to kill you.
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10. Afterward I H589 came H935 unto the house H1004 of Shemaiah H8098 the son H1121 of Delaiah H1806 the son H1121 of Mehetabeel H4105 , who H1931 was shut up H6113 ; and he said H559 , Let us meet together H3259 in H413 the house H1004 of God H430 , within H413 H8432 the temple H1964 , and let us shut H5462 the doors H1817 of the temple H1964 : for H3588 they will come H935 to slay H2026 thee; yea , in the night H3915 will they come H935 to slay H2026 thee.
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11. And I said, Should such a man as I flee? And who being as I am would go into the temple and live? I will not go in.
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11. And I said H559 , Should such a man as I H3644 H376 flee H1272 ? and who H4310 is there , that H834 , being as I H3644 am , would go H935 into H413 the temple H1964 to save his life H2425 ? I will not H3808 go in H935 .
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12. And I understood that, behold, God had not sent him. For he spoke the prophecy against me, and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
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12. And, lo H2009 , I perceived H5234 that God H430 had not H3808 sent H7971 him; but H3588 that he pronounced H1696 this prophecy H5016 against H5921 me : for Tobiah H2900 and Sanballat H5571 had hired H7936 him.
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13. So he was hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and I should sin, and become for them for an evil name with which they might reproach me.
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13. Therefore H4616 was he H1931 hired H7936 , that H4616 I should be afraid H3372 , and do H6213 so H3651 , and sin H2398 , and that they might have H1961 matter for an evil H7451 report H8034 , that H4616 they might reproach H2778 me.
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14. O God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat according to these works of theirs, and also to the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets who are my alarmers.
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14. My God H430 , think H2142 thou upon Tobiah H2900 and Sanballat H5571 according to these H428 their works H4639 , and H1571 on the prophetess H5031 Noadiah H5129 , and the rest H3499 of the prophets H5030 , that H834 would have H1961 put me in fear H3372 .
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15. So the wall was restored in the twenty fifth of Elul, on the fifty second day.
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15. So the wall H2346 was finished H7999 in the twenty H6242 and fifth H2568 day of the month Elul H435 , in fifty H2572 and two H8147 days H3117 .
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16. And it happened when all our enemies heard, and all the nations who were around us saw, they were very much lowered in their own eyes. For they saw that this work was done by our God.
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16. And it came to pass H1961 , that when H834 all H3605 our enemies H341 heard H8085 thereof , and all H3605 the heathen H1471 that H834 were about H5439 us saw H7200 these things , they were much H3966 cast down H5307 in their own eyes H5869 : for they perceived H3045 that H3588 this H2063 work H4399 was wrought H6213 of H4480 H854 our God H430 .
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17. And in those days the nobles of Judah were increasing their letters going to Tobiah, and those of Tobiah came to them.
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17. Moreover H1571 in those H1992 days H3117 the nobles H2715 of Judah H3063 sent H1980 many H7235 letters H107 unto H5921 Tobiah H2900 , and the letters of Tobiah H2900 came H935 unto H413 them.
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18. For many in Judah were sworn to him because he was the son-in-law of Shechaniah the son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
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18. For H3588 there were many H7227 in Judah H3063 sworn H1167 H7621 unto him, because H3588 he H1931 was the son in law H2860 of Shechaniah H7935 the son H1121 of Arah H733 ; and his son H1121 Johanan H3076 had taken H3947 H853 the daughter H1323 of Meshullam H4918 the son H1121 of Berechiah H1296 .
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19. Also they reported his good deeds before me, and my words were going to him. Tobiah sent letters to make me afraid.
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19. Also H1571 they reported H1961 H559 his good deeds H2896 before H6440 me , and uttered H1961 H3318 my words H1697 to him. And Tobiah H2900 sent H7971 letters H107 to put me in fear H3372 .
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