Our enemies thought we would not see them or know what was happening until they were already upon us, killing us and putting an end to our work.
I will attack him while he is tired and discouraged. He will be frightened, and all his men will run away. I will kill only the king
The people of Judah had a song they sang: “We grow weak carrying burdens; There's so much rubble to take away. How can we build the wall today?”
But time after time Jews who were living among our enemies came to warn us of the plans our enemies were making against us.
but we prayed to our God and kept men on guard against them day and night.
They gather in hiding places and watch everything I do, hoping to kill me.
Disaster will come upon you, and none of your magic can stop it. Ruin will come on you suddenly— ruin you never dreamed of!
The next morning some Jews met together and made a plan. They took a vow that they would not eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.
But don't listen to them, because there are more than forty men who will be hiding and waiting for him. They have taken a vow not to eat or drink until they have killed him. They are now ready to do it and are waiting for your decision.”
For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come as a thief comes at night.