11 But I said, “Should a man like me run away? And would a man like me go into the temple so that he can save his life? I will not go in!”
12 Then I look and realized God had not sent him; rather, he had spoken the prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
13 For this reason he was hired: to frighten me so that I would act and sin, so that they would have a bad report so they could taunt me.
14 Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to their works, and also Noadiah the prophetess, and the remainder of the prophets who were frightening me.
15 So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.
16 When our enemies heard of this, all of the nations surrounding us were afraid and lost their confidence. They knew that this work had been done with the help of our God.
17 Also, in those days the nobles of Judah increasingly sent their letters to Tobiah, and letters from Tobiah returned to them.