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Verse 7

"A double illustration forms a transition between the negative and positive realities described in Hebrews 6:4-6 and Hebrews 6:9-12:

Hebrews 6:4-6Hebrews 6:7Hebrews 6:8Hebrews 6:9-12
negativerealitypositiveimagenegativeimagepositivereality" [Note: Ellingworth, p. 325.]

In the illustration in this verse, the ground represents believers who drink in the water of God’s Word and bear fruit as a result. This kind of response leads to God bestowing a blessing on those individuals who, by their fruit-bearing, have been a blessing to others (cf. Matthew 13:23).

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