Hebrews 4
4
The Promised Rest
1Therefore, since the promise to enter his rest remains, let us beware # 4:1 Lit fear that none of you be found to have fallen short. # 4:1 Or that any of you might seem to have missed it 2For we also have received the good news just as they did. But the message they heard did not benefit them, since they were not united with those who heard it in faith. # 4:2 Other mss read since it was not united by faith in those who heard,# 4:1–2 1Th 2:13; Heb 12:15 3For we who have believed enter the rest, in keeping with what # 4:3 Or rest, just as he has said,
So I swore in my anger,
“They will not enter my rest,” # 4:3 Ps 95:11,# 4:3 Ps 95:11; Heb 3:11
even though his works have been finished since the foundation of the world. 4For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in this way: And on the seventh day God rested from all his works. # 4:4 Gn 2:2,# 4:4 Gn 2:2; Ex 20:11 5Again, in that passage he says, They will never enter my rest. # 4:5 Ps 95:11 6Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news did not enter because of disobedience, # 4:5–6 Ps 95:11; Heb 3:19 7he again specifies a certain day — today. He specified this speaking through David after such a long time:
Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts. # 4:7 Ps 95:7–8,# 4:7 Ps 95:7–8; Heb 3:7
8For if Joshua # 4:8 Jos 22:4 had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. 9Therefore, a Sabbath rest remains for God’s people. 10For the person who has entered his rest has rested from his own works, just as God did from his. # 4:10 Heb 4:4; Rv 14:13 11Let us, then, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same pattern of disobedience.
12For the word of God is living and effective # 4:12 Jr 23:29; 1Pt 1:23 and sharper than any double-edged sword, # 4:12 Is 49:2; Eph 6:17; Rv 1:16; 2:12 penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. # 4:12 1Co 14:24–25 13No creature is hidden from him, but all things are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom # 4:13 2Ch 16:9; Jb 26:6; 34:21; Ps 33:13–15 we must give an account.
Our Great High Priest
14Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens — Jesus the Son of God — let us hold fast to our confession. # 4:14 Heb 3:1; 6:20; 10:23 15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way as we are, # 4:15 Is 53:3; Heb 2:18 yet without sin. # 4:15 2Co 5:21; 1Pt 2:22 16Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in time of need.
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Hebrews 4
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1Therefore, let us walk in yir'at Shomayim, for fear that, while the havtachah (promise) of entering the menuchah of Hashem is still open, anyone of you should seem to have fallen short of it. 2For indeed we have had Besuras HaGeulah preached to us, just as they did also; but the Dvar Hashem preached did not make that generation benefit, because hearing did not form an agudah with emunah.#4:2 faith 3For we ma'aminim#4:3 in Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach enter into that menuchah, just as Hashem has said, ASHER NISHBA'TI V'API IM YEVO'UN EL MENUCHATI#4:3 Ps 95:11 (As I vowed in My fury, they shall never enter into My rest), although the ma'asim (works) of Hashem were finished from the hivvased tevel (foundation of the world). 4For concerning Shabbos, the Yom HaShevi'i, Hashem has said somewhere, VAYISHBOT ELOHIM BAYOM HASHEVI'I MIKOL MELAKHTO (And He rested on the seventh day from all His work).#4:4 Gn 2:2 5And again in this mekor (passage, citation), IM YEVO'UN EL MENUCHATI#4:5 Ps 95:11 (Never shall they enter into My rest). 6Therefore, als (since) it remains for some to enter it, and the ones, who formerly had the Besuras HaGeulah preached to them, did not enter, because they were koferim (unbelievers), 7So then again Hashem sets a certain day, “HAYOM”#4:7 Ps 95:7 (Today) in one of the Tehillim of Dovid,#4:7 HaMelech much later, in that quoted above, “HAYOM IM BEKOLO TISHMAU AL TAKSHU LEVAVCHEM”#4:7 Ps 95:7f (Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your heart). 8For if Yehoshua#4:8 ben Nun had brought them to a place of menuchah (rest), Hashem would not have spoken of another “Yom” after that.#4:8 Ps 95:7 9Therefore, there remains a Shabbos menuchah for the Am Hashem. 10For whoever has entered into the menuchah of Hashem has also rested from#4:10 depending on the zokheh (merit) of his ma'asim, just as Hashem rested from his.
11Therefore, let us have zerizut (diligence) to enter into that menuchah, for fear that anyone fall through following be'ikvot (in the footsteps) of their same lack of mishma'at (obedience).#4:11 cf. 3:17-18; 4:6 12For the Dvar Hashem is chai (living) and chazak (strong), sharper than every double-edged cherev and penetrating as far as the division of nefesh and ruach, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the machshavot and deliberations of the kavanat halev (the inner directedness of the heart). 13And there is not nivra (anything created) nistar (hidden) from His sight, but all things are laid bare and exposed to the eynayim (eyes) of Him to whom we must render an account.
14Therefore, als (since) we have a great Kohen Gadol who has made his passing through Shomayim,#4:14 Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua Zun fun der Oybershter, let us hold firmly to the hoda'ah (confession) of the hachrazah (proclamation) of our#4:14 Orthodox Jewish Emunah. 15For we do not have a Kohen Gadol who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way as we are, yet without chet.#4:15 T.N. tempted in every way as we are, yet without chet, means chet as inborn and immemorial yetzer hara (evil inclination) which is Chet Kadmon (Original Sin) whose power and control is passed down to Bnei Adam from Adam, Ro 3:9; Ro 5:12 — see Orthodox Jewish Bible Introduction on Moshiach Immanu-El Ben HaAlmah uncontaminated by Chet Kadmon 16Therefore, let us approach with bitachon the Kisse of Chesed, that we may receive rachamim and may find chesed for timely ezrah (aid).
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