And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.
I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation - God's displeasure against the Jews for their sins. For their comfort they are told the calamities about to come are not to be for ever. The "time" is limited (Daniel 9:27, "Even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured on the desolate;" Daniel 11:27, "For yet the end shall be at the time appointed;" Daniel 11:35-36; Daniel 12:7; Habakkuk 2:3).