Hebrews 1:5 meaning and explanation

For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?

Hebrews 1:5, Berean Standard Bible

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The writer is arguing, from the opening of his sermon, that the Son outranks every angel. He quotes two Old Testament texts, Psalm 2:7 and 2 Samuel 7:14, and asks a rhetorical question: God never addressed either line to an angel.

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