A very little while (μικρον οσον οσον). From Isa 26:20 as an introduction to the quotation from Hab 2:3f.

He that c…

For yet a little while. There seems to be an allusion here to what the Savior himself said, A little while, and you shall not see me: …

The connection is this: You have need of endurance, for the end is not yet (Matthew 24:6); you will receive the p…

For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my so…

Now the writer encourages his readers with passages in Scripture that point to the coming of God’s Messiah in due course. The “very little while” (…

For yet a little while, or, for yet a very little time, etc. So that it may not be grievous for us to endure, he reminds us that …

For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come ,
&c.] That the person spoken of is the Lord Jesus Christ, …

Many and various afflictions united against the early Christians, and they had a great conflict. The Christian spirit is not a selfish spirit; it l…

After exhorting them with sobering reasons to cling to Christ by faith, hope, and love, the Apostle now offers pleasant reasons, like a good physic…