5Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
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For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. …
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall. …
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)Two plots upon Nehemiah we have here an account of, how cunningly they were laid by his enemies and how happily frustrated by God’s good providence and his prudence. I. A plot to trepan him into a snare. The enemies had an account of the good forwardness the work was in, that all the breaches of the wall were made up, so that they considered it as good as done, though at that time the doors of the…
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