Hebrews 12:25 (DBY)

Passage

See that ye refuse not him that speaks. For if those did not escape who had refused him who uttered the oracles on earth, much more we who turn away from him [who does so] from heaven:

Nearby Context

Hebrews 12:23 the universal gathering; and to [the] assembly of the firstborn [who are] registered in heaven; and to God, judge of all; and to [the] spirits of just [men] made perfect;

Hebrews 12:24 and to Jesus, mediator of a new covenant; and to [the] blood of sprinkling, speaking better than Abel.

Hebrews 12:25 See that ye refuse not him that speaks. For if those did not escape who had refused him who uttered the oracles on earth, much more we who turn away from him [who does so] from heaven:

Hebrews 12:26 whose voice then shook the earth; but now he has promised, saying, Yet once will *I* shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.

Hebrews 12:27 But this Yet once, signifies the removing of what is shaken, as being made, that what is not shaken may remain.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "refuse", "speaks", "escape", "refused", "uttered", "oracles", "earth", and "much". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "refuse" and "speaks", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "and to Jesus mediator of a new..." into verse 26's "whose voice then shook the earth but...", so "refuse" and "speaks" belong inside that flow. In Hebrews context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "refuse" and "speaks" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.