The Lord’s Answer
2 Then the Lord replied:
“Write down the revelation
and make it plain on tablets
so that a herald[a] may run with it.
3 For the revelation awaits an appointed time;
it speaks of the end
and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait for it;
it [b] will certainly come
and will not delay.
Footnotes:
a. Habakkuk 2:2 Or so that whoever reads it
b. Habakkuk 2:3 Or Though he linger, wait for him; / he
2 Then the Lord replied:
“Write down the revelation
and make it plain on tablets
so that a herald[a] may run with it.
3 For the revelation awaits an appointed time;
it speaks of the end
and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait for it;
it [b] will certainly come
and will not delay.
Footnotes:
a. Habakkuk 2:2 Or so that whoever reads it
b. Habakkuk 2:3 Or Though he linger, wait for him; / he
