²⁵ If someone sins against a man, God will mediate for him, but if someone sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, ^(A)for it was the will of the Lord to put them to death.

²⁶ For ^(A)if we go on sinning deliberately ^(B)after receiving the knowledge of the truth, ^(C)there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

¹⁴ Therefore I swear to the house of Eli ^(A)that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.”

²⁰ For it was the Lord's doing ^(A)to harden their hearts that they should come against Israel in battle, in order that they should be devoted to destruction and should receive no mercy but be destroyed, ^(B)just as the Lord commanded Moses.

^30 (A)But the person who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native or a sojourner, reviles the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from among his people.

²⁵ Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost^{[a] (A)}those who draw near to God ^(B)through him, since he always lives ^(C)to make intercession for them.

⁵ For ^(A)there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man^[a] Christ Jesus,

³⁹ Therefore they ^(A)could not believe. For again Isaiah said,