8 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day. 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness, but is patient toward *us, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief *in the night. On that day the heavens will pass away with a roar, the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will * SBL TH WH 3.1% ¦ not be found ECM NA28 0%be burned up.