"The smallestonewill becomea clan,And the leastonea mightynation.I, the LORD,will hastenit in its time."
For thoughyour people,O Israel,may be like the sandof the sea,[Only] a remnantwithin them will return;A destructionis determined,overflowingwith righteousness.
Who say,"Let Him makespeed,let Him hastenHis work,that we may see[it]; And let the purposeof the HolyOneof IsraeldrawnearAnd cometo pass,that we may know[it]!"
"Lookto Abrahamyour fatherAnd to Sarahwho gavebirthto you in pain;When[he] [was but] oneI calledhim, Then I blessedhim and multipliedhim."
"Whohas heardsucha thing?Whohas seensuchthings? Can a landbe bornin oneday?Can a nationbe broughtforthallat once?As soonas Ziontravailed,she alsobroughtforthher sons.
"Thenthe iron,the clay,the bronze,the silverand the goldwere crushedallat the sametimeand becamelike chafffrom the summerthreshingfloors;and the windcarriedthem away so that not a traceof them was found.But the stonethat struckthe statuebecamea greatmountainand filledthe wholeearth.
"In the daysof thosekingsthe Godof heavenwill setup a kingdomwhichwill neverbe destroyed,and [that] kingdomwill not be leftfor anotherpeople;it will crushand putan endto allthesekingdoms,but it will itselfendureforever.
"I will makethe lamea remnantAnd the outcastsa strongnation,And the LORDwill reignoverthem in MountZionFrom nowon and forever.
"For the visionis yetfor the appointedtime;It hastenstoward the goaland it will not fail.Thoughit tarries,waitfor it; For it will certainlycome,it will not delay.
now,will not Godbring aboutjusticefor His electwho cryto Him dayand night,and will He delay longoverthem?
So then,thosewho had receivedhis wordwere baptized;and that daythere were addedaboutthree thousandsouls.
And all the morebelieversin the Lord,multitudesof menand women,were constantly addedto [their number],
For you haveneedof endurance,sothat when you have donethe willof God,you may receivewhat was promised.
But do not let thisone[fact] escape your notice,beloved,that with the Lordonedayis likea thousandyears,and a thousandyearslikeoneday.
Afterthese thingsI looked,and behold,a greatmultitudewhichno onecouldcount,from everynationand [all] tribesand peoplesand tongues,standingbeforethe throneand beforethe Lamb,clothedin whiterobes,and palm branches[were] in their hands;
