10Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-14)The Jews’ enemies leave no stone unturned, no way untried, to take Nehemiah off from building the wall about Jerusalem. In order to this they had tried to fetch him into the country to them, but in vain; now they try to drive him into the temple for his own safety; let him be any where but at his work. Observing him to be a cautious man, they will endeavour to gain their point by making him coward…
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