so I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.

And to whom did he swear that they should not enter into his rest? was it not to them that disobeyed?

For we enter into the rest who believed, as he said, I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest, although of works made from the foundation of the world.

For God haying promised Abraham, when he could not swear by a greater, swore by himself,

For men indeed swear by a greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all dispute;

which we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm, and entering within the vail,

And as he was not [constituted] without swearing,??21 for they were made priests without swearing, but he with swearing by him who says to him, The Lord swore, and he will not change, You are a priest forever;??22 by so much is Jesus the pledge of a better covenant.

By faith also Sarah herself received power to become a mother, even beyond the usual age, because she regarded him faithful that promised.