11. But I said, "Should a man like me flee? And could one such as I go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in."
12. Then I perceived that surely God had not sent him, but he uttered his prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
13. He was hired for this reason, that I might become frightened and act accordingly and sin, so that they might have an evil report in order that they could reproach me.
14. Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these works of theirs, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the rest of the prophets who were trying to frighten me.
15. So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.
16. When all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations surrounding us saw it, they lost their confidence; for they recognized that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God.
17. Also in those days many letters went from the nobles of Judah to Tobiah, and Tobiah's letters came to them.