"For in a verylittlewhileMy indignation[against you] will be spentand My anger[will be directed] to their destruction."
Then it happenedthat nightthat the angelof the LORDwentout and struck185000in the campof the Assyrians;and when men roseearlyin the morning,behold,allof them were dead.
Yeta littlewhileand the wickedmanwill be nomore;And you will lookcarefullyfor his placeand he will not be [there].
He who sowsiniquitywill reapvanity,And the rodof his furywill perish.
Woeto Assyria,the rodof My angerAnd the staffin whose handsis My indignation,
Wail,for the dayof the LORDis near!It will comeas destructionfrom the Almighty.
Come,my people,enterinto your roomsAnd closeyour doorsbehindyou; Hidefor a littlewhileUntilindignationruns[its] course.
"For a briefmomentI forsookyou, But with greatcompassionI will gatheryou.
"Then the kingwill doas he pleases,and he will exaltand magnifyhimself aboveeverygodand will speakmonstrousthingsagainstthe Godof gods;and he will prosperuntilthe indignationis finished,for that which is decreedwill be done.
"For thussaysthe LORDof hosts,Oncemorein a littlewhile,I am going to shakethe heavensand the earth,the seaalso and the dryland.
FOR YETIN A VERYLITTLEWHILE,HE WHO IS COMINGWILL COME,AND WILL NOT DELAY.
