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Isaiah 46:8
Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors!
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — YHWH addresses Israel, specifically labeling them "transgressors," immediately after detailing the paralysis of idols in Isaiah 46:7. The command precedes the declaration of divine uniqueness in Isaiah 46:9.
The words — The imperative זִכְרוּ (zikhru) means "remember," paired with הָשִׁיבוּ (hashivu), literally "bring back," directed toward the heart (לֵב). The noun פוֹשְׁעִים (posh'im) identifies the audience as "rebels" or "transgressors."
The thread — This summons to cognitive retention appears in Deuteronomy 32:29, where wisdom requires understanding one's fate, and aligns with Psalms 115:8 and Psalms 135:18, which note that idolatry breeds spiritual insensitivity.
Why it lands — The text demands that a defiant audience actively retain divine history before receiving theological reassurance. It requires readers to acknowledge their rebellion and reject inert substitutes in favor of remembering God's past actions.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 32:29 If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
- Psalms 115:8 Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
- Psalms 135:18 Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
- Isaiah 44:18 They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
- Isaiah 47:7 You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.
- Ezekiel 18:28 Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.
- Haggai 1:5 Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
- Haggai 1:7 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
- Luke 15:17 Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food, but here I am, starving to death!
- 1 Corinthians 14:20 Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.