⁹ for you have not as yet come to ^(A)the rest and to the inheritance that the Lord your God is giving you.

⁵⁶ “Blessed be the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. ^(A)Not one word has failed of all his good promise, which he spoke by Moses his servant.

¹⁹ Therefore ^(A)when the Lord your God has given you rest from all your enemies around you, in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance to possess, you shall ^(B)blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget.

⁸ For if Joshua had given them rest, God^[a] would not have spoken of another day later on. ⁹ So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God,

Born Again to a Living Hope

^3 (A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! ^(B)According to his great mercy, ^(C)he has caused us to be born again to a living hope ^(D)through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ⁴ to ^(E)an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and ^(F)unfading, ^(G)kept in heaven for you,

²⁵ For David said, “The Lord, the God of Israel, ^(A)has given rest to his people, and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.