Hebrews 3:18
Who was God speaking of when he vowed they should not enter into his rest? Wasn't it those who disobeyed him?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
In Context
19So we see that they were not able to enter because they didn't trust him.
Cross References
Numbers 14:11The Lord told Moses, “How long are these people going to reject me? How long are these people going to refuse to trust in me despite all the miracles I have done right in front of them?
Numbers 14:30Absolutely none of you will enter the country I promised to give you to live in, except for Caleb, son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, son of Nun.
Deuteronomy 1:26But you didn't want to go. You rebelled against the instructions of the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 9:23When the Lord had you leave Kadesh-barnea, he told you, “Go and take over the country that I've given you.” But you defied the command of the Lord your God. You didn't believe him and you didn't obey him.
Hebrews 3:11So in my frustration I vowed, ‘They shall not enter my rest.’”
Hebrews 4:6God's rest is still there for some to enter, even though those who previously heard the good news failed to enter because of disobedience.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 3:8-19
Cautions against Apostasy. ( a. d. 62.) 7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. 10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. 11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you… Read the whole commentary →