Habakkuk 2:3

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Summary

For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

The vision

But

It will surely

Luke 18:7

2 Peter 2:3

General references

Bible References

The vision

And all the Gentiles shall serve him and his son and his son's son, until the time of his own land shall come also; and many nations and great kings shall serve him.

And he said, Behold, I will show thee that which is to come in the last end of the wrath; for at the time appointed this shall be fulfilled.

Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city to finish the prevarication and to conclude the sin and to make reconciliation for iniquity and to bring in everlasting righteousness and seal the vision and the prophecy, and to anoint the Holy of Holies.

In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia the Word was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the Word was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the Word, and had intelligence in the vision.

And the heart of both these kings shall be to do evil, and at the same table they shall speak lies; but it shall not prosper, for the time appointed is not yet come.

And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father has put under his authority only.

and has made of one blood all the lineage of men to dwell on all the face of the earth and has determined the seasons (which he has limited) and the bounds of their habitation;

but is under the hand of tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.

And ye know what impedes this now, that he might be revealed in his time.

But

And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even that same day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion; for the time to favour her, the set time, is come.

And it shall come to pass when seventy years are accomplished, that I will visit upon the king of Babylon and upon that people their own evil, said the LORD and upon the land of the Chaldeans and will make it perpetual desolations.

for patience is necessary, so that after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

It will surely

And shall not God avenge his own elect who cry day and night unto him though he bears long regarding them?

and in covetousness they shall make merchandise of you with feigned words, upon whom the condemnation from a long time ago does not delay, and their perdition does not sleep.

General references

Thus hath the LORD God of Israel spoken, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.

So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.

And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come and will not tarry.