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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"
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. Alternate translation: "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. Alternate translation: "to enter the place of rest" or "to experience God's blessings of rest" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)