For the vision is still for the appointed time, but it breathes to the end, and it does not lie. Though it delays, wait for it, because coming it will come; it will not tarry.
While he was speaking with them, then, behold, the messenger came down to him. And he said, Behold, this is the evil from Jehovah. Why should I wait for Jehovah any more?
And therefore Jehovah waits to be gracious to you. And for this He is exalted to have mercy on you; for Jehovah is a God of judgment. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
And say to him, Be on guard and be quiet. Do not fear and not be timid of heart because of the two tails of these smoking firebrands, because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the time of his own land comes; also it, and many nations and great kings shall serve him.
For I, Jehovah, will speak. The Word which I shall speak shall be done, it shall not be drawn out again. For in your days, O house of rebellion, I will say the Word and will do it, a statement of the Lord Jehovah.
In that day messengers shall go out from before Me in ships, to terrify the confident Ethiopia, and anguish shall be on them as on the day of Egypt. For behold it is coming.
And both of them, the kings, shall have in their hearts to do evil, and they will speak lies at one table but will not prosper, for the end still shall be at the appointed time.
And many of those who ponder shall stumble, to refine and to purge them, and to make white to the time of the end; for it is yet for the appointed time.
And he came over against my place. And when he came, I was afraid and fell on my face. But he said to me, O son of man, understand, for the vision is for the time of the end.
Seventy weeks are decreed as to your people, and as to your holy city, to shut up the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to atone for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy.
Therefore, wait for Me, a statement of Jehovah, for the day I rise up to the prey. For My judgment is to gather the nations, for Me to assemble the kingdoms, to pour My fury out on them, all the heat of My anger. For all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of My jealousy.
God is not a man that He should lie, or a son of man that He should repent. Has He said, and shall He not do it? And has He spoken, and shall He not make it good?
And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. And this man was righteous and devout, eagerly expecting the Consolation of Israel. And the Holy Spirit was upon him.
And He made every nation of men of one blood, to live on all the face of the earth, having determined fore-appointed seasons and boundaries of their dwelling,
The Lord of the promise is not slow, as some deem slowness, but is long-suffering toward us, not purposing any to perish, but all to turn one’s self to repentance.