Deuteronomy 1:9
1:9 I also said to you at that time, “I am no longer able to sustain you by myself.
Deuteronomy 1:45
1:45 Then you came back and wept before the Lord, but he 1 paid no attention to you whatsoever. 2
Deuteronomy 7:14
7:14 You will be blessed beyond all peoples; there will be no barrenness 3 among you or your livestock.
Deuteronomy 13:11
13:11 Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you. 4
Deuteronomy 18:19
18:19 I will personally hold responsible 5 anyone who then pays no attention to the words that prophet 6 speaks in my name.
Deuteronomy 28:50
28:50 a nation of stern appearance that will have no regard for the elderly or pity for the young.
1 tn Heb “the Lord.” The pronoun (“he”) has been employed in the translation here for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.
2 tn Heb “did not hear your voice and did not turn an ear to you.”
3 sn One of the ironies about the promises to the patriarchs concerning offspring was the characteristic barrenness of the wives of the men to whom these pledges were made (cf. Gen 11:30; 25:21; 29:31). Their affliction is in each case described by the very Hebrew word used here (עֲקָרָה, ’aqarah), an affliction that will no longer prevail in Canaan.
4 sn Some see in this statement an argument for the deterrent effect of capital punishment (Deut 17:13; 19:20; 21:21).
5 tn Heb “will seek from him”; NAB “I myself will make him answer for it”; NRSV “will hold accountable.”
6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet mentioned in v. 18) has been specified in the translation for clarity.