Deuteronomy 32:23

32:23 I will increase their ¹  disasters,

I will use up my arrows on them.

Deuteronomy 31:17

31:17 At that time ²  my anger will erupt against them ³  and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome ⁴  them ⁵  so that they ⁶  will say at that time, ‘Have not these disasters ⁷  overcome us ⁸  because our ⁹  God is not among us ¹⁰ ?’

Deuteronomy 31:21

31:21 Then when ¹¹  many disasters and distresses overcome them ¹²  this song will testify against them, ¹³  for their ¹⁴  descendants will not forget it. ¹⁵  I know the ¹⁶  intentions they have in mind ¹⁷  today, even before I bring them ¹⁸  to the land I have promised.”

¹ tn Heb “upon them.”

² tn Heb “on that day.” This same expression also appears later in the verse and in v. 18.

³ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

⁴ tn Heb “find,” “encounter.”

⁵ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

⁶ tn Heb “he.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “they.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

⁷ tn Heb “evils.”

⁸ tn Heb “me.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “us,” which is necessary in any case in the translation because of contemporary English style.

⁹ tn Heb “my.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “me.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “us,” which is necessary in any case in the translation because of contemporary English style.

³ tn Heb “Then it will come to pass that.”

⁴ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

⁵ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

⁶ tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

⁷ tn Heb “it will not be forgotten from the mouth of his seed.”

⁸ tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

⁹ tn Heb “which he is doing.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.