10 Afterward I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was a secret informer; and he said, “Let us meet together in the house of God, within the¹ temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you; indeed, at night they will come to kill you.”  ‡

11 And I said, “Should such a man as I flee? And who is there such as I who would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in!”

12 Then I perceived that God had not sent him at all, but that ^ahe pronounced this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.  ‡

13 For this reason he was hired, that I should be afraid and act that way and sin, so that they might have cause for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

14 ^aMy God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat, according to these their works, and the ^bprophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who would have made me afraid.  ‡