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Hebrews 12:17-19
New Catholic Bible
Hebrews 12:17-19
New Catholic Bible
17 Afterward, as you know, when he sought to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. Even though he sought it with tears, he found no possibility for repentance.
18 Listen to the One Who Is Speaking.[a] You have not come to something that can be touched: a blazing fire, or complete darkness, or gloom, or a storm, 19 or the sound of a trumpet, or a voice speaking words that made those who heard them beg that nothing more be said to them.
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- Hebrews 12:18 The author alludes to the Covenant of Sinai, which was a fascinating and terrifying spectacle in the history of Israel (see Ex 19–20; Deut 4:11; 9:19). The New Covenant is a celebration of peace and festivity. Israel’s way of life was only a figure for the conduct of the Church. Once people are gripped by the Covenant of grace, they cannot turn back toward an insufficient religion of yesteryear—that would be to show disdain for God. The Lord is “a consuming fire”: the image evokes all at once his holiness, his demands, his judgment to the very depths of a being, and his hold that burns one’s existence.
Hebrews 12:17-19
New International Version
Hebrews 12:17-19
New International Version
17 Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. Even though he sought the blessing with tears,(A) he could not change what he had done.
The Mountain of Fear and the Mountain of Joy
18 You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm;(B) 19 to a trumpet blast(C) or to such a voice speaking words(D) that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them,(E)
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