Yesaya 46:8

46:8 Remember this, so you can be brave! ¹ 

Think about it, you rebels! ² 

Yesaya 48:8

48:8 You did not hear,

you do not know,

you were not told beforehand. ³ 

For I know that you are very deceitful; ⁴ 

you were labeled ⁵  a rebel from birth.

[46:8]  ¹ 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.

[46:8]  ² tn Heb “return [it], rebels, to heart”; NRSV “recall it to mind, you transgressors.”

[48:8]  ³ tn Heb “beforehand your ear did not open.”

[48:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “deceiving, you deceive.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

[48:8]  ⁵ tn Or “called” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).