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Nehemiah 2:19

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

When Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official,  and Geshem the Arab  heard about this, they mocked and despised us, and said, ‘What is this you’re doing? Are you rebelling against the king? ’

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In it was written: It is reported among the nations #– #and Geshem  , agrees #– #that you and the Jews plan to rebel. This is the reason you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to become their king


They laughed at him, but he put them all outside. He took the child’s father,  mother, and those who were with him, and entered the place where the child was.


Others experienced mocking and scourging, as well as bonds and imprisonment.


For we have found this man to be a plague,  an agitator  among all the Jews throughout the Roman world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.


From that moment Pilate kept trying  to release him. But the Jews shouted, ‘If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend. Anyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar! ’


They began to accuse him, saying, ‘We found this man misleading our nation, opposing payment of taxes  to Caesar, and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king.’


For whenever I speak, I cry out, I proclaim, ‘Violence and destruction! ’ So the word of the  Lord has become my constant disgrace and derision.


But now they mock   me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.


For they were all trying to intimidate  us, saying, ‘They will drop their hands from  the work,  and it will never be finished.’ But now, my God, strengthen my hands.


When Sanballat  heard that we were rebuilding the wall,  he became furious. He mocked the Jews


When Sanballat the Horonite  and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard that someone had come to pursue the prosperity of the Israelites, they were greatly displeased.


‘Leave,’ he said, ‘because the girl is not dead but asleep.’   And they laughed at him.


Even one of the sons of Jehoiada, son of the high priest Eliashib,  had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite.  So I drove him away from me.


Then Ishmael took captive all the rest of the people of Mizpah, including the daughters of the king #– #all those who remained in Mizpah, over whom Nebuzaradan, captain of the guards, had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set off to cross over to the Ammonites.


You  think mere words are strategy and strength for war. Who are you now relying on that you have rebelled against me?





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