12 And I understood and saw that God had not sent him, (A)but he had pronounced the prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. 13 For this purpose he was hired, that I should be afraid and act in this way and sin, and so they could give me a bad name in order to taunt me. 14 (B)Remember Tobiah and Sanballat, O my God, according to these things that they did, and also (C)the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who wanted to make me afraid.

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