And I have entered the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabeel--and he is restrained--and he saith, `Let us meet at the house of God, at the inside of the temple, and we shut the doors of the temple, for they are coming in to slay thee--yea, by night they are coming in to slay thee.'
Nehemiah 6:8 And I send unto him, saying, `It hath not been according to these words that thou art saying, for from thine own heart thou art devising them;'
Nehemiah 6:9 for all of them are making us afraid, saying, `Their hands are too feeble for the work, and it is not done;' and now, strengthen Thou my hands.
Nehemiah 6:10 And I have entered the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabeel--and he is restrained--and he saith, `Let us meet at the house of God, at the inside of the temple, and we shut the doors of the temple, for they are coming in to slay thee--yea, by night they are coming in to slay thee.'
Nehemiah 6:11 And I say, `A man such as I--doth he flee? and who as I, that doth go in unto the temple, and live? --I do not go in.'
Nehemiah 6:12 And I discern, and lo, God hath not sent him, for in the prophecy he hath spoken unto me both Tobiah and Sanballat hired him,
The verse centers on "entered", "house", "shemaiah", "delaiah", "mehetabeel--and", "restrained--and", "saith", and "meet". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "entered" and "house", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 9's "for all of them are making us..." into verse 11's "And I say A man such as...", so "entered" 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 "entered" and "house" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.