10 Wherefore I was wroth with this generation, and said, They always err in heart; and *they* have not known my ways;
Forty years was I grieved with the generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways;
and in all deceit of unrighteousness to them that perish, because they have not received the love of the truth that they might be saved. And for this reason God sends to them a working of error, that they should believe what is false, that all might be judged who have not believed the truth, but have found pleasure in unrighteousness.
See, brethren, lest there be in any one of you a wicked heart of unbelief, in turning away from [the] living God.
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which ye have been sealed for [the] day of redemption.
And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil. For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light that his works may not be shewn as they are;
My people ask counsel of their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredoms causeth [them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God:
But they rebelled and grieved his holy Spirit: and he turned to be their enemy; himself, he fought against them.
But these also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are they gone astray. The priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink; they are overpowered by wine, they are gone astray through strong drink; they have erred in vision, they have stumbled [in] judgment.
He hath not dealt thus with any nation; and as for [his] judgments, they have not known them. Hallelujah!
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
That thy way may be known upon earth, thy salvation among all nations.
So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and he became indignant over the misery of Israel.
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Commentary on Hebrews 3 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 3
In this chapter the apostle applies what he had said in the chapter foregoing concerning the priesthood of Christ,
Hbr 3:1-6
In these verses we have the application of the doctrine laid down in the close of the last chapter concerning the priesthood of our Lord Jesus Christ. And observe,
Hbr 3:7-19
Here the apostle proceeds in pressing upon them serious counsels and cautions to the close of the chapter; and he recites a passage out of Ps. 95:7, etc., where observe,