God tells Habakkuk to write the vision and make it plain on tablets so it can be read quickly. He adds that the vision awaits its appointed time and will not lie, even if it seems slow. This instruction is in Habakkuk 2:2–3.
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Start with Habakkuk 2:2-3, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
2Yahweh answered me, "Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it.
3For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won`t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won`t delay.