1:10 And,
“You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, 2
and the heavens are the works of your hands.
12:25 Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?
8:9 “It will not be like the covenant 9 that I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I had no regard for them, says the Lord.
1 sn A quotation from Hag 2:6.
2 sn You founded the earth…your years will never run out. In its original setting Ps 102:25-27 refers to the work of God in creation, but here in Hebrews 1:10-12 the writer employs it in reference to Christ, the Lord, making a strong argument for the essential deity of the Son.
3 tn Grk “there are those who offer.”
4 tn Or “settled as a resident alien.”
5 tn Or “heirs with him.”
5 tn Grk “comes upon.”
6 tn Grk “the promises,” referring to the things God promised, not to the pledges themselves.
7 tn Or “sojourners.”
7 tn Grk “not like the covenant,” continuing the description of v. 8b.