Nehemiah 6:7-9

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁷ Also you have set up prophets to announce concerning you in Jerusalem, There is a king in Judah. And now this will be reported to the [Persian] king. So, come now and let us take counsel together.

⁸ I replied to him, No such things as you say have been done; you are inventing them out of your own heart and mind.

⁹ For they all wanted to frighten us, thinking, Their hands will be so weak that the work will not be done. But now strengthen my hands!