I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home; and he said, “Let us meet together in God’s house, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to kill you. Yes, in the night will they come to kill you.”
Nehemiah 6:8 Then I sent to him, saying, “There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart.”
Nehemiah 6:9 For they all would have made us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened from the work, that it not be done.” But now, strengthen my hands.
Nehemiah 6:10 I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home; and he said, “Let us meet together in God’s house, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to kill you. Yes, in the night will they come to kill you.”
Nehemiah 6:11 I said, “Should a man like me flee? Who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.”
Nehemiah 6:12 I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
The verse centers on "went", "house", "shemaiah", "delaiah", "mehetabel", "shut", "home", and "said". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "went" and "house", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 9's "For they all would have made us..." into verse 11's "I said Should a man like me...", so "went" and "house" belong inside that flow. In Nehemiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "went" and "house" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.