Nehemiah 6:14
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O my God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for what they have done, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who tried to intimidate me.
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Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that sin.
O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people:
For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.