Hebrews 3 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says,

“TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE,

DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS AS [your fathers did] IN THE REBELLION [of Israel at [fn]Meribah],

ON THE DAY OF TESTING IN THE WILDERNESS,

WHERE YOUR FATHERS TRIED ME BY TESTING [My forbearance and tolerance],

AND SAW MY WORKS FOR FORTY YEARS

[And found I stood their test].

“THEREFORE I WAS ANGERED WITH THIS GENERATION,

AND I SAID, ‘THEY ALWAYS GO ASTRAY IN THEIR HEART,

AND THEY DID NOT KNOW MY WAYS [nor become progressively better and more intimately acquainted with them]’;

SO I SWORE [an oath] IN MY WRATH,

‘THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST [the promised land].’”

“TODAY [while there is still opportunity] IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE,

DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEART, AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME [in the rebellion in the desert at Meribah].”

For who were they who heard and yet provoked Him [with rebellious acts]? Was it not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses?