Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, and make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed. Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled; that there be no immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal. For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.
"While Isaiah 35:3 is a sound cross reference for these verses, as most every commentary and study Bible notes, it may well be that the foundation for both the Isaiah and Hebrew references is Moses: Exodus 17:11-2: 'And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.' The Hebrew reader will need all the help he can get from other members of remnant Israel to endure to the end of the Great Tribulation, just as Moses needed help to persist and prevail." (McLean)
"The exhortation is to the born-again Jews who had left the temple, to live such consistent saintly lives, and to cling so tenaciously to their new-found faith, that the unsaved Jews who had also left the temple and had outwardly embraced the New Testament truth, would be encouraged to go on to faith in Messiah as High Priest, instead of returning to the abrogated sacrifices of the Levitical system. These truly born-again Jews are warned that a limping Christian life would cause these unsaved Jews to be turned out of the way. These latter had made a start towards salvation by leaving the temple and making a profession of Messiah. Both needed the encouraging example and testimony of the saved Jews." (Wuest)
sanctification - "Without sanctification in life we cannot see the Lord; i.e., worship Him acceptably." (Ryrie)
grace of God - "Failing to keep pace with what the grace of God wants to do in our lives can result in bitterness in us, which causes trouble to others." (Ryrie)
Esau - "See Gen. 25:33. Though he may not have been immoral in the physical sens, Esau was immoral in the spiritual sense, being worldly and materialistic." (Ryrie)
sought for it - "Esau could not repent (cf. Gen. 27:41) even though he sought for it (the blessing, not repentance) with tears." (Ryrie)
"This is neither a Christian nor an unsaved pretender but rather a Tribulation Hebrew being exhorted to keep himself from falling away. No Christian inherits a blessing in that we are told we have all spiritual blessings in heavenly places now (Eph 1:3). However Israel's blessed yet future inheritance has been a recurrent theme of this book (Heb 1:4, 13; 2:5, 8; 3:6, 18; 4:6, 9; 6:11, 15; 8:10; 10:25; 11:8-10; 11:39 and here). Significantly, members of the Tribulation remnant of Israel are unable to repent, which is consistent with what we studied in Hebrews 6:1-6." (McLean)
"While Isaiah 35:3 is a sound cross reference for these verses, as most every commentary and study Bible notes, it may well be that the foundation for both the Isaiah and Hebrew references is Moses: Exodus 17:11-2: 'And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.' The Hebrew reader will need all the help he can get from other members of remnant Israel to endure to the end of the Great Tribulation, just as Moses needed help to persist and prevail." (McLean)
"The exhortation is to the born-again Jews who had left the temple, to live such consistent saintly lives, and to cling so tenaciously to their new-found faith, that the unsaved Jews who had also left the temple and had outwardly embraced the New Testament truth, would be encouraged to go on to faith in Messiah as High Priest, instead of returning to the abrogated sacrifices of the Levitical system. These truly born-again Jews are warned that a limping Christian life would cause these unsaved Jews to be turned out of the way. These latter had made a start towards salvation by leaving the temple and making a profession of Messiah. Both needed the encouraging example and testimony of the saved Jews." (Wuest)
sanctification - "Without sanctification in life we cannot see the Lord; i.e., worship Him acceptably." (Ryrie)
grace of God - "Failing to keep pace with what the grace of God wants to do in our lives can result in bitterness in us, which causes trouble to others." (Ryrie)
Esau - "See Gen. 25:33. Though he may not have been immoral in the physical sens, Esau was immoral in the spiritual sense, being worldly and materialistic." (Ryrie)
sought for it - "Esau could not repent (cf. Gen. 27:41) even though he sought for it (the blessing, not repentance) with tears." (Ryrie)
"This is neither a Christian nor an unsaved pretender but rather a Tribulation Hebrew being exhorted to keep himself from falling away. No Christian inherits a blessing in that we are told we have all spiritual blessings in heavenly places now (Eph 1:3). However Israel's blessed yet future inheritance has been a recurrent theme of this book (Heb 1:4, 13; 2:5, 8; 3:6, 18; 4:6, 9; 6:11, 15; 8:10; 10:25; 11:8-10; 11:39 and here). Significantly, members of the Tribulation remnant of Israel are unable to repent, which is consistent with what we studied in Hebrews 6:1-6." (McLean)
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