Nehemiah 6:8

6:8 I sent word back to him, “We are not engaged in these activities you are describing. ¹  All of this is a figment of your imagination.” ² 

Nehemiah 2:17

2:17 Then I said to them, “You see the problem that we have: Jerusalem is desolate and its gates are burned. Come on! Let’s rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that this reproach will not continue.”

¹ tn Heb “We are not according to these matters that you are saying.”

² tn Heb “For from your heart you are inventing them.”