Warning Against Unbelief

So, as the Holy Spirit says:(A)

“Today, if you hear his voice,
    do not harden your hearts(B)
as you did in the rebellion,
    during the time of testing in the wilderness,
where your ancestors tested and tried me,
    though for forty years they saw what I did.(C)
10 That is why I was angry with that generation;
    I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray,
    and they have not known my ways.’
11 So I declared on oath in my anger,(D)
    ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ (E)[a](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 3:11 Psalm 95:7-11

Exposition of Psalm 95: Hearing God’s Word in Faith

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,[a]

Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks![b]
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness.
There your fathers tested me and tried me,[c] and they saw my works for forty years.
10 Therefore, I became provoked at that generation and said, ‘Their hearts are always wandering[d] and they have not known my ways.’
11 As I swore in my anger, ‘They will never enter my rest!’”[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 3:7 sn The following quotation is from Ps 95:7b-11.
  2. Hebrews 3:7 tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”
  3. Hebrews 3:9 tn Grk “tested me by trial.”
  4. Hebrews 3:10 tn Grk “they are wandering in the heart.”
  5. Hebrews 3:11 tn Grk “if they shall enter my rest,” a Hebrew idiom expressing an oath that something will certainly not happen.