This vision is for a future time.

It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled.

If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently,

for it will surely take place.

It will not be delayed.

 

Has not the Lord of Heaven’s Armies promised

that the wealth of nations will turn to ashes?

They work so hard,

but all in vain!

 

For as the waters fill the sea,
the earth will be filled with an awareness
of the glory of the Lord.

 

Habakkuk 2.3; 13-14