 It was not a safe place. Nehemiah sees all these things in chapters 4 through 6. The interesting thing about chapter 4 and 6 is that the Bible tells us that it wasn't easy doing what God told him to do. You know, and just let me highlight a couple of things he encountered. He encountered ridicule. He encountered conspiracy. He encountered discouragement and intimidation. Well, it almost sounds like he went to vote in Pennsylvania.