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.”

[32:23]  ¹ tn Heb “upon them.”

[31:17]  ² tn Heb “on that day.” This same expression also appears later in the verse and in v. 18.

[31:17]  ³ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “find,” “encounter.”

[31:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “he.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “they.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “evils.”

[31:17]  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.

[31:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “my.”

[31:17]  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.

[31:21]  ³ tn Heb “Then it will come to pass that.”

[31:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “it will not be forgotten from the mouth of his seed.”

[31:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “which he is doing.”

[31:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.