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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 nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. (Jer. 27:7)
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Dan. 8:19• 19And he said, Behold I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation; for at the time appointed the end shall be. (Dan. 8:19)
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Dan. 9:24‑27• 24seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
 25Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah, the Prince, shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. The street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
 26After the sixty-two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself, and shall have nothing; and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof will be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
 27He shall confirm 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 for the wing of abominations, [there shall be] a desolator, even until the consummation, and that determined, shall be poured 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 in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days. (Dan. 10:1,14)
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Dan. 11:27,35• 27Both these kings' hearts shall be to do 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 them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for a time appointed. (Dan. 11:27,35)
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Acts 1:7• 7And he said unto them, It is not yours to know times or seasons which the Father set in his own authority. (Acts 1:7)
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Acts 17:26• 26And he made of one [blood] every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation, (Acts 17:26)
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Gal. 4:2• 2but is under guardians and stewards until the time fore-appointed by the father. (Gal. 4:2)
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2 Thess. 2:6‑8• 6And now ye know that which restraineth, that he may be revealed in his own season.
 7For the mystery of lawlessness already worketh: only [there is] one that restraineth now until he be out of the way,
 8and then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall destroy with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming; (2 Thess. 2:6‑8)
but.
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• 13Thou wilt arise, thou wilt compassionate Zion,{HR}For [it is] time to be gracious to her,{HR}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 punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith Jehovah, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.
 13And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even 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 works of their own hands. (Jer. 25:12‑14)
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Heb. 10:36• 36For ye have need of endurance, 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; what should I wait for Jehovah any longer. (2 Kings 6:33)
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Psa. 27:14• 14Wait for Jehovah;{HR}Be strong, and he shall strengthen thy heart;{HR}Yea, wait for Jehovah. (Psa. 27:14)
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Psa. 130:5‑6• 5I wait for Jehovah;{HR}My soul waiteth,{HR}And for his word I hope.
 6My soul [hopeth] for the Lord,{HR}More than watchmen for the morning watch 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 to them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
 26It is good that one should both hope and quietly wait 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• 7Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, until it receive early and latter rain.
 8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is at hand. (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 cometh, shall he indeed find faith on the earth? (Luke 18:7‑8)
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2 Peter 2:3• 3And in covetousness with feigned words, they shall make merchandise of you: for whom judgment from of old is not idle, and their perdition slumbereth 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."

W. Kelly Translation

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