43:18 “Don’t remember these earlier events; 1
don’t recall these former events.
46:8 Remember this, so you can be brave! 2
Think about it, you rebels! 3
1 tn Heb “the former things” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “forget all that.”
2 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.
3 tn Heb “return [it], rebels, to heart”; NRSV “recall it to mind, you transgressors.”