Habakkuk / Question
God says the vision has a set time, it hastens to the end, and it will not lie. The message includes waiting for it if it seems slow because it will surely come. This language is in Habakkuk 2:3.
Read this question inside the surrounding passage and book argument, where the wording, speaker, and audience shape the answer.
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A common mistake is to turn the wording into a slogan. The better reading keeps the phrase tied to the passage, the speaker, and the problem the book is addressing.
Start with Habakkuk 2:3, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
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.