6 Seeing, therefore, it remains that some must enter therein, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter in because of disobedience;
7 Again, he determines a certain day, saying, Today, by David so long a time afterward; as it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
8 For if Jesus {Joshua in Heb.} had given them rest, then he would not afterward have spoken of another day.
9 There remains therefore a rest {Gr. Sabbatismos} for the people of God.
10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
11 Let us therefore make haste to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.
12 For the word of God is alive and efficient and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.