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Habakkuk 2

Hab. 2:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For the vision
chazown (Hebrew #2377)
a sight (mentally), i.e. a dream, revelation, or oracle
KJV usage: vision.
Pronounce: khaw-zone'
Origin: from 2372
is yet for an appointed time
mow`ed (Hebrew #4150)
or (feminine) moweadah (2 Chronicles 8:13) {mo-aw-daw'}; from 3259; properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand)
KJV usage: appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn(-ity), synogogue, (set) time (appointed).
Pronounce: mo-ade'
Origin: or moled {mo-ade'}
, but at the end
qets (Hebrew #7093)
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
KJV usage: + after, (utmost) border, end, (in-)finite, X process.
Pronounce: kates
Origin: contracted from 7112
it shall speak
puwach (Hebrew #6315)
to puff, i.e. blow with the breath or air; hence, to fan (as a breeze), to utter, to kindle (a fire), to scoff
KJV usage: blow (upon), break, puff, bring into a snare, speak, utter.
Pronounce: poo'akh
Origin: a primitive root
, and not lie
kazab (Hebrew #3576)
to lie (i.e. deceive), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: fail, (be found a, make a) liar, lie, lying, be in vain.
Pronounce: kaw-zab'
Origin: a primitive root
: though it tarry
mahahh (Hebrew #4102)
properly, to question or hesitate, i.e. (by implication) to be reluctant
KJV usage: delay, linger, stay selves, tarry.
Pronounce: maw-hah'
Origin: apparently a denominative from 4100
, wait
chakah (Hebrew #2442)
properly, to adhere to; hence, to await
KJV usage: long, tarry, wait.
Pronounce: khaw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root (apparently akin to 2707 through the idea of piercing)
for it; because it will surely
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
, it will not tarry
'achar (Hebrew #309)
to loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate
KJV usage: continue, defer, delay, hinder, be late (slack), stay (there), tarry (longer).
Pronounce: aw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
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the vision.
Jer. 27:7• 7And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his land also come, when many nations and great kings shall reduce him to servitude. (Jer. 27:7)
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Dan. 8:19• 19And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be at the end of the indignation: for at the set time the end shall be. (Dan. 8:19)
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Dan. 9:24‑27• 24Seventy weeks are apportioned out upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to close the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make expiation for iniquity, and to bring in the righteousness of the ages, and to seal the vision and prophet, and to anoint the holy of holies.
 25Know therefore and understand: From the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem unto Messiah, the Prince, are seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks. The street and the moat shall be built again, even in troublous times.
 26And after the sixty-two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, and shall have nothing; and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with an overflow, and unto the end, war,--the desolations determined.
 27And he shall confirm a covenant with the many for one week; and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and because of the protection of abominations there shall be a desolator, even until that the consumption and what is determined shall be poured out upon the desolate. (Dan. 9:24‑27)
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Dan. 10:1,14• 1In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing is true, but the appointed time of trial is long; and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
 14And I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people at the end of the days: for the vision is yet for many days. (Dan. 10:1,14)
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Dan. 11:27,35• 27And both these kings' hearts shall meditate mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper; for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
 35And some of the wise shall fall, to try them, and to purge and to make them white, to the time of the end: for it shall yet be for the time appointed. (Dan. 11:27,35)
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Acts 1:7• 7And he said to them, It is not yours to know times or seasons, which the Father has placed in his own authority; (Acts 1:7)
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Acts 17:26• 26and has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, having determined ordained times and the boundaries of their dwelling, (Acts 17:26)
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Gal. 4:2• 2but he is under guardians and stewards until the period fixed by the father. (Gal. 4:2)
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2 Thess. 2:6‑8• 6And now ye know that which restrains, that he should be revealed in his own time.
 7For the mystery of lawlessness already works; only there is he who restrains now until he be gone,
 8and then the lawless one shall be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus shall consume with the breath of his mouth, and shall annul by the appearing of his coming; (2 Thess. 2:6‑8)
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Ex. 12:41• 41And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, on that same day it came to pass that all the hosts of Jehovah went out from the land of Egypt. (Ex. 12:41)
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Psa. 102:13• 13*Thou* wilt rise up, thou wilt have mercy upon Zion: for it is the time to be gracious to her, for the set time is come. (Psa. 102:13)
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Jer. 25:12‑14• 12And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will visit on the king of Babylon and on that nation, saith Jehovah, their iniquity, and on the land of the Chaldeans, and I will make it perpetual desolations.
 13And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.
 14For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands. (Jer. 25:12‑14)
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Heb. 10:36• 36For ye have need of endurance in order that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise. (Heb. 10:36)
wait.
2 Kings 6:33• 33And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, Behold, this evil is of Jehovah: why should I wait for Jehovah any longer? (2 Kings 6:33)
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Psa. 27:14• 14Wait for Jehovah; be strong and let thy heart take courage: yea, wait for Jehovah. (Psa. 27:14)
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Psa. 130:5‑6• 5I wait for Jehovah; my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
 6My soul waiteth for the Lord more than the watchers wait for the morning, more than the watchers for the morning. (Psa. 130:5‑6)
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Isa. 30:18• 18And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he lift himself up, that he may have mercy upon you; for Jehovah is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. (Isa. 30:18)
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Lam. 3:25‑26• 25Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
 26It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah. (Lam. 3:25‑26)
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Mic. 7:7• 7But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. (Mic. 7:7)
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Luke 2:25• 25And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was just and pious, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. (Luke 2:25)
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James 5:7‑8• 7Have patience, therefore, brethren, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the labourer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it until it receive the early and the latter rain.
 8*Ye* also have patience: stablish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is drawn nigh. (James 5:7‑8)
it will surely.
Luke 18:7‑8• 7And shall not God at all avenge his elect, who cry to him day and night, and he bears long as to them?
 8I say unto you that he will avenge them speedily. But when the Son of man comes, shall he indeed find faith on the earth? (Luke 18:7‑8)
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2 Peter 2:3• 3And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not. (2 Peter 2:3)
• In Heb. 10 we are told that He who shall come will come, and will not tarry. Such is the way in which the Spirit displays His admirable use of Old Testament scripture. Already had the Lord Jesus personally come the first time, and been rejected by the Jews to their own ruin. The apostle’s use of it gives the words a much more personal force; yet, we can see, not departing from but only adding to the evident issue contemplated in Hebrews 2; 3, which can have no greater fulfillment short of that crowning event. (“Habakkuk 2” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but it hasteth to the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; for it will surely come, it will not delayb.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "be behindhand."