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Then they asked the Lord , "Has Saul come here yet?" The Lord said, "Saul is hiding behind the supplies."

Samuel said he would meet Saul at Gilgal. Saul waited there seven days. But Samuel had not yet come to Gilgal, and the soldiers began to leave Saul.

I thought to myself, ‘The Philistines will come here and attack me at Gilgal, and I haven't asked the Lord to help us yet.' So I forced myself to offer the burnt offering."

The Temple to honor the Lord had not yet been finished, so people were still making animal sacrifices on altars at the high places.

‘I brought my people, Israel, out of Egypt, but I had not yet chosen a city from among the tribes of Israel for a temple to honor me. And I had not chosen a man to be leader over my people, Israel. But now I have chosen Jerusalem to be the city where I will be honored. And I have chosen David to rule over my people, Israel.'

So the messenger rode on a horse to meet Jehu. The messenger said, "King Joram says, ‘Do you come in peace?'" Jehu said, "You have nothing to do with peace. Come and follow me." The guard told Joram, "The messenger went to the group, but he has not come back yet."

The guard told Joram, "The second messenger went to the group, but he has not come back yet. There is a man driving his chariot like a mad man. He is driving like Jehu son of Nimshi."

David said, "We should build a very great Temple for the Lord , but my son Solomon is young and does not yet have enough experience to know how to do it well. It should be so great and beautiful that it will be famous among all the nations. So I will prepare what is needed to build it." So before David died he prepared everything needed to build a great Temple.

So Sheshbazzar came and built the foundations of God's Temple in Jerusalem. From that day until now, the work has continued, but it is not yet finished.

The officials and important Israelites didn't know where I had gone. They didn't know what I was doing. I had not yet said anything to the Jews, the priests, the king's family, the officials, or any of the other people who would be doing the work.

Then Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and our other enemies heard that I had built the wall. We repaired all the holes in the wall, but we had not yet put the doors in the gates.

Now the city was large and there was plenty of room. But there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.

Elihu was also angry with Job's three friends because they could not answer him, and yet they still considered him guilty of doing wrong.

Our descendants will serve him. Those who are not yet born will be told about him.

Then the next generation, even the children not yet born, would learn the law. And they would be able to teach it to their own children.

God gave us the ability to think about his world, but we can never completely understand everything he does. And yet, he does everything at just the right time.

We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What should we do for our sister when a man comes asking to marry her?

Stop trusting other people to save you. Do not think too highly of them; they are only humans who have not stopped breathing yet.

So the Lord became angry with his people, and he raised his hand to punish them. Even the mountains shook with fear. Dead bodies were left in the streets like garbage. And he is not finished yet. He is still angry, and his arm is raised to continue punishing his people.

As for Israel, the Arameans are in front of him and the Philistines are behind him. And they are both eating away at him. But the Lord is not finished yet. He is still angry, and his arm is raised to continue punishing Israel.