Isaiah 46:8

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

Think about it, you rebels!


tn 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.

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