<p>3:11 <i>As I swore in My anger: They shall not enter into My rest</i>- God has emotion. The generation that were promised the rest, permanence and stability of the promised land were not given it, because in their hearts they wandered. And this, as noted on :10, was reflected in their wandering in the wilderness. This implies that God changed His mind about letting Israel enter the land; for He had promised that generation &quot;rest&quot; in that He promised them the land (Josh. 1:15). Or as Num. 14:34 (A. V. mg. ) says: &quot;Ye shall bear your iniquity, even forty years, and ye shall know the altering of My purpose&quot;. These were the words of the Angel to Moses. The apparent change of plans could be seen as more appropriate if it concerned the Angel which led them; and yet the Angel all the same was manifesting God. This oath they would not &quot;enter into My rest&quot; was solely because they did not believe (:18). The immorality, idolatry etc. were relatively incidental to the essential issue- that they did not believe He would give them rest in the promised land. And therefore He did not give it to them. The context of all this is Paul's appeal for confident hope in our future salvation (:6). It is unbelief and a constant demand for 'proof' which was their problem which cost them salvation.&nbsp;</p>