Passage
Certainely they shall not see the lande, whereof I sware vnto their fathers: neither shall any that prouoke me, see it.
Numbers 14:23 (GNV)
Nearby Context
Numbers 14:21 Notwithstanding, as I liue, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.
Numbers 14:22 For all those men which haue seene my glory, and my miracles which I did in Egypt, and in the wildernes, and haue tempted me this ten times, and haue not obeyed my voyce,
Numbers 14:23 Certainely they shall not see the lande, whereof I sware vnto their fathers: neither shall any that prouoke me, see it.
Numbers 14:24 But my seruant Caleb, because he had another spirite, and hath followed me stil, euen him will I bring into the lande, whither he went, and his seede shall inherite it.
Numbers 14:25 Nowe the Amalekites and the Canaanites remaine in the valley: wherefore turne backe to morowe, and get you into the wildernesse, by the way of the red Sea.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "certainely", "shall", "lande", "whereof", "sware", "vnto", "fathers", and "neither". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "certainely" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 22's "For all those men which haue seene..." into verse 24's "But my seruant Caleb because he had...", so "certainely" and "shall" belong inside that flow. In Numbers context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "certainely" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.