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So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been under construction, but it has not yet been completed.”

Now, therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made of the royal archives in Babylon to see if King Cyrus did indeed issue a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.

Now I assembled these exiles at the canal that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And when I searched among the people and priests, I found no Levites there.

But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.

And now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandments

Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’

So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.

Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”

…let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.

Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,

Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews

…and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.

For they were all trying to frighten us, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will never be finished.” But now, my God, strengthen my hands.

Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.

So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.

Now these were the ones who sealed the document: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah,

Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while the remaining nine were to dwell in their own towns.

Now the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. He was one of Asaph’s descendants, who were the singers in charge of the service of the house of God.

Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

Now before this, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God

Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”

Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”

Now there was at the citadel of Susa a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish.

Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.

“Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.

Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”

Now you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”

…who said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”

Now King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores.

Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.

For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest

…with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,

But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.

Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?

Now a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it.

Is there any help within me now that success is driven from me?

For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid.

But now, please look at me. Would I lie to your face?

…if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.

Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?

Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?

Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.

See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.

Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.

Even now my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.

Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.

For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’

Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.

“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.

And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.

And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.

Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?

Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?

“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.

But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.

Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.

Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

“Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’

My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.

So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”

“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,

Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.

I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.

And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.

You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.

Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:

Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.

Blessed be the name of the LORD both now and forevermore.

But it is we who will bless the LORD, both now and forevermore. Hallelujah!

Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.

The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.

A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side—let Israel now declare—

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.

A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth—let Israel now declare—

O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, both now and forevermore.

So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.

Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.

Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.

Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.

Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.

I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.

“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.

See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!

“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.

Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.

And with it he touched my mouth and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.”

Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.

Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?

And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”

Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt.

This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,

Look at the land of the Chaldeans—a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.

The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.

So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.