Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision is for a future time, it is about the end and it does not lie. If it seems slow in being fulfilled, wait for it, for it will definitely come—it will not be delayed!
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2Then the Lord told me, Write down the vision, inscribe it on tablets, so it can be easily read.
Cross References
Numbers 23:19God isn't a human being who would lie. He's not a mere mortal who changes his mind. Does he say he's going to do something but doesn't? Does he make promises he doesn't carry out?
Psalms 27:14Trust in the Lord! Be confident—he will give you courage! Trust in the Lord!
Psalms 130:5I'm waiting for the Lord, longingly waiting, for I trust in his word.
Isaiah 30:18So the Lord waits, wanting to be kind to you, ready to act to show you mercy, for the Lord is a God who does what is right. All who wait for him are blessed.
Jeremiah 27:7All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time that his own land comes under the control of other nations and powerful kings.
Lamentations 3:26It is good to wait quietly for the Lord's salvation.
Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 2:2-5
Waiting upon God; The People Directed. ( b. c. 600.) 1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. 2 And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. 3 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. 4 Behold, his soul which is… Read the whole commentary →