Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
grieved—displeased. Compare "walk contrary," Leviticus 26:24, Leviticus 26:28.
that generation—"that" implies alienation and estrangement. But the oldest manuscripts read, "this."
said—"grieved," or "displeased," at their first offense. Subsequently when they hardened their heart in unbelief still more, He sware in His wrath (Hebrews 3:11); an ascending gradation (compare Hebrews 3:17-18).
and they have not known—Greek, "But these very persons," etc. They perceived I was displeased with them, yet they, the same persons, did not a whit the more wish to know my ways [BENGEL]; compare "but they," Psalms 106:43.
not known my ways—not known practically and believingly the ways in which I would have had them go, so as to reach My rest (Exodus 18:20).
Exhortation from Psalms 95:7-11, not through unbelief to lose participation in the spiritual house. Seeing that we are the house of God if we hold fast our confidence . . . (Hebrews 3:6). Jesus is "faithful," be not ye unfaithful (Hebrews 3:2, Hebrews 3:12). The sentence beginning with "wherefore," interrupted by the parenthesis confirming the argument from Psalms 95:7-11, is completed at Hebrews 3:12, "Take heed," etc.
Holy Ghost saith—by the inspired Psalmist; so that the words of the latter are the words of God Himself.
To-day—at length; in David's day, as contrasted with the days of Moses in the wilderness, and the whole time since then, during which they had been rebellious against God's voice; as for instance, in the wilderness (Hebrews 3:8). The Psalm, each fresh time when used in public worship, by "to-day," will mean the particular day when it was, or is, used.
hear—obediently.
his voice—of grace.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hebrews 3:10:
Isaiah 63:10
Hebrews 3:12
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