Isaiah 42:23

42:23 Who among you will pay attention to this?

Who will listen attentively in the future?¹

Isaiah 46:8-9

46:8 Remember this, so you can be brave!²

Think about it, you rebels!³

46:9 Remember what I accomplished in antiquity!⁴

Truly I am God, I have no peer;⁵

I am God, and there is none like me,

Deuteronomy 4:9

Reminder of the Horeb Covenant

4:9 Again, however, pay very careful attention,⁶ lest you forget the things you have seen and disregard them for the rest of your life; instead teach them to your children and grandchildren.

Deuteronomy 4:23

4:23 Be on guard so that you do not forget the covenant of the Lord your God that he has made with you, and that you do not make an image of any kind, just as he⁷ has forbidden⁸ you.

Deuteronomy 31:19-21

31:19 Now write down for yourselves the following song and teach it to the Israelites. Put it into their very mouths so that this song may serve as my witness against the Israelites! 31:20 For after I have brought them⁹ to the land I promised to their¹⁰ ancestors – one flowing with milk and honey – and they¹¹ eat their fill¹² and become fat, then they¹³ will turn to other gods and worship them; they will reject me and break my covenant. 31:21 Then when¹⁴ many disasters and distresses overcome them¹⁵ this song will testify against them,¹⁶ for their¹⁷ descendants will not forget it.¹⁸ I know the¹⁹ intentions they have in mind²⁰ today, even before I bring them²¹ to the land I have promised.”

Deuteronomy 32:18

32:18 You have forgotten²² the Rock who fathered you,

and put out of mind the God who gave you birth.

¹tn The interrogative particle is understood in the second line by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

²tn The meaning of the verb אָשַׁשׁ (’ashash, which appears here in the Hitpolel stem) is uncertain. BDB 84 s.v. אשׁשׁ relates it to a root meaning “found, establish” in Arabic; HALOT 100 s.v. II אשׁשׁ gives the meaning “pluck up courage.” The imperative with vav (ו) may indicate purpose following the preceding imperative.

³tn Heb “return [it], rebels, to heart”; NRSV “recall it to mind, you transgressors.”

⁴tn Heb “remember the former things, from antiquity”; KJV, ASV “the former things of old.”

⁵tn Heb “and there is no other” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).

⁶tn Heb “watch yourself and watch your soul carefully.”

⁷tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 4:3.

⁸tn Heb “commanded.”

⁹tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

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

¹¹tn Heb “he.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “they.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

¹²tn Heb “and are satisfied.”

¹³tn Heb “he.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “they.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

¹⁴tn Heb “Then it will come to pass that.”

¹⁵tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

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

¹⁷tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

¹⁸tn Heb “it will not be forgotten from the mouth of his seed.”

¹⁹tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

²⁰tn Heb “which he is doing.”

²¹tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

²²tc The Hebrew text is corrupt here; the translation follows the suggestion offered in HALOT 1477 s.v. שׁיה. Cf. NASB, NLT “You neglected”; NIV “You deserted”; NRSV “You were unmindful of.”