translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: HEB

label: NET study note

text: An allusion to Ps 110:1 .


text: A quotation from Prov 3:11-12 .


text: A quotation from Isa 35:3 . Strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees refers to the readers’ need for renewed resolve and fresh strength in their struggles (cf. Heb 10:36-39; 12:1-3 ).


text: A quotation from Prov 4:26 . The phrase make straight paths for your feet is figurative for “stay on God’s paths.”


text: The references to peace and holiness show the close connection between this paragraph and the previous one. The pathway toward “holiness” and the need for it is cited in Heb 12:10 and 14 . More importantly Prov 4:26-27 sets up the transition from one paragraph to the next: It urges people to stay on godly paths ( Prov 4:26 , quoted here in v. 13 ) and promises that God will lead them in peace if they do so ( Prov 4:27 [LXX], quoted in v. 14 ).


text: An allusion to Gen 27:34-41 .


text: A quotation from Exod 19:12-13 .


text: Abel’s shed blood cried out to the Lord for justice and judgment, but Jesus’ blood speaks of redemption and forgiveness, something better than Abel’s does ( Gen 4:10 ; Heb 9:11-14; 11:4 ).


text: A quotation from Hag 2:6 .


text: A quotation from Deut 4:24; 9:3 .