¹² Then he waited another seven days and sent out the dove, and it did not return to him any more.

God’s Promise to Zion

¹⁰ He waited another seven days, and again he sent out the dove from the ark,

Patience in Suffering

⁷ Be patient, therefore, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains.^{(A) 8} You also must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.^[a](B)

¹⁷ I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.^(A)

² On the sixth^[a] day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done.^{(A) 3} So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation.^(B)