Jeremiah 20:10 References
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For aI have heard the whispering of many, "bTerror on every side! cDenounce him; yes, let us denounce him!" All my dtrusted friends, Watching for my fall, say: "Perhaps he will be deceived, so that we may eprevail against him And take our revenge on him."
c Nehemiah 6:6-13, Isaiah 29:21, Jeremiah 18:18
Nehemiah 6
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In it was written, "It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says, that ayou and the Jews are planning to rebel; therefore you are rebuilding the wall. And you are to be their king, according to these reports.
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"You have also appointed prophets to proclaim in Jerusalem concerning you, 'A king is in Judah!' And now it will be reported to the king according to these reports. So come now, let us take counsel together."
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Then I sent a message to him saying, "Such things as you are saying have not been done, but you are ainventing them in your own mind."
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For all of them were trying to frighten us, thinking, "They will become discouraged with the work and it will not be done." But now, aO God, strengthen my hands.
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When I entered the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, awho was confined at home, he said, "Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you, and they are coming to kill you at night."
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But I said, "aShould a man like me flee? And could one such as I go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in."
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Then I perceived that surely God had not sent him, but he uttered his prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
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He was hired for this reason, athat I might become frightened and act accordingly and sin, so that they might have an evil report in order that they could reproach me.
Isaiah 29
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Who cause a person to be indicted by a word, And aensnare him who adjudicates at the gate, And bdefraud the one in the right with meaningless arguments.