9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.



Ver. 9. A rest to the people of God] Gr. A sabbatism, an eternal rest, a sabbath that hath neither evening, Gen_2:2, nor labour, Rev_14:13. But they shall enter into peace, rest in their beds, Isa_57:2; be ravished in spirit, receive the full import and purport of the weekly sabbath, rest from travail and trouble, Revelation 1:10. 2. Of the seventh-year sabbath; for the creature, the ground shall rest from its vanity and slavery, Rom_8:20-21. 3. Of the seventh seven year sabbath, the Jubilean sabbath; for their debts shall be all discharged, their mortgages released, their persons set at liberty from sin and Satan’s slavery.