So he swore to them that they would die in the desert.
I was angry and made a promise, ‘They will never enter my rest.’ ”
I will lead you to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give you that land to own. I am the Lord.’ ”
And in the desert I swore to the Israelites that I would not bring them into the land I had given them. It is a fertile land, the best land in the world.
And to whom was God talking when he promised that they would never enter his rest? He was talking to those who did not obey him.
