Hebrews 12:12-13

12:12 Therefore, strengthen ¹  your listless hands and your weak knees, ²  12:13 and make straight paths for your feet, ³  so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.

[12:12]  ¹ tn Or “straighten.”

[12:12]  ² sn 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).

[12:13]  ³ sn A quotation from Prov 4:26. The phrase make straight paths for your feet is figurative for “stay on God’s paths.”