Habakkuk 2:3

New American Bible - revised edition

For the vision is a witness for the appointed time, a testimony to the end; it will not disappoint. If it delays, wait for it, it will surely come, it will not be late.

Cross References

2 Kings 6:33

While Elisha was still speaking, the messenger came down to him and said, “This evil is from the Lord. Why should I trust in the Lord any longer?”

Psalm 102:13

But you, Lord, are enthroned forever; your renown is for all generations.

Psalm 27:14

Wait for the Lord, take courage; be stouthearted, wait for the Lord!

Exodus 12:41

At the end of four hundred and thirty years, on this very date, all the armies of the Lord left the land of Egypt.

Isaiah 30:18

Truly, the Lord is waiting to be gracious to you, truly, he shall rise to show you mercy; For the Lord is a God of justice: happy are all who wait for him!

Isaiah 7:4

and say to him: Take care you remain calm and do not fear; do not let your courage fail before these two stumps of smoldering brands, the blazing anger of Rezin and the Arameans and of the son of Remaliah—

Isaiah 8:17

I will trust in the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob; yes, I will wait for him.

Jeremiah 27:7

All nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson, until the time comes for him and his land; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.

Ezekiel 12:25

for whatever word I speak shall happen without delay. In your days, rebellious house, whatever I speak I will bring about—oracle of the Lord God.

Ezekiel 30:9

On that day, messengers from me will go forth in ships to terrorize confident Ethiopia. Anguish will be among them on Egypt’s day—it is certainly coming!

Daniel 10:14

and came to make you understand what shall happen to your people in the last days; for there is yet a vision concerning those days.”

Daniel 11:27

The two kings, resolved on evil, shall sit at table together and exchange lies, but they shall have no success, because the appointed end is not yet.

Daniel 11:35

Some of those with insight shall stumble so that they may be tested, refined, and purified, until the end time which is still appointed to come.

Daniel 8:17

When he came near where I was standing, I fell prostrate in terror. But he said to me, “Understand, O son of man, that the vision refers to the end time.”

Daniel 8:19

“I will show you,” he said, “what is to happen in the last days of wrath; for it is for the appointed time of the end.

Daniel 9:24

“Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and for your holy city: Then transgression will stop and sin will end, guilt will be expiated, Everlasting justice will be introduced, vision and prophecy ratified, and a holy of holies will be anointed.

Micah 7:7

But as for me, I will look to the Lord, I will wait for God my savior; my God will hear me!

Zephaniah 3:8

Therefore, wait for me—oracle of the Lord— until the day when I arise as accuser; For it is my decision to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, In order to pour out upon them my wrath, all my blazing anger; For in the fire of my passion all the earth will be consumed.

Numbers 23:19

God is not a human being who speaks falsely, nor a mortal, who feels regret. Is God one to speak and not act, to decree and not bring it to pass?

Luke 2:25

Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and the holy Spirit was upon him.

Acts 1:7

He answered them, “It is not for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has established by his own authority.

Acts 17:26

He made from one the whole human race to dwell on the entire surface of the earth, and he fixed the ordered seasons and the boundaries of their regions,

Galatians 4:2

but he is under the supervision of guardians and administrators until the date set by his father.

2 Peter 2:3

In their greed they will exploit you with fabrications, but from of old their condemnation has not been idle and their destruction does not sleep. Lessons from the Past.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard “delay,” but he is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.