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Connecting Statement:
Chapter 4 continues the warning to believers starting in Hebrews 3:7. God, through the writer, gives believers a rest of which God's rest in the creation of the world is a picture.
Therefore
"Because what I have just said is true" or "Since God will certainly punish those who do not obey" (Hebrews 3:19)
none of you might seem to have failed to reach the promise left behind for you to enter God's rest
God's promise is spoken of as if it were a gift that God left behind when he visited the people. AT: "none of you fail to enter into God's rest, which he promised to us" or "God will allow you all to enter into his rest as he promised us" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
to enter God's rest
The peace and security provided by God are spoken of as if they were rest that he can give, and as if they were a place to which people could go. AT: "to enter the place of rest" or "to experience God's blessings of rest" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)