Isaiah 46:8

Modern

Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors!

Traditional

Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.

Literal

Remember this and be men; take it back, O transgressors, to heart!

Latin

Mementote istud, et confundamini; redite, prævaricatores, ad cor.

Hebrew

English

Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors!

Many exiles felt hopeless and doubted God's promise to rescue them. God addressed this doubt.

Theme notes and profiles

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!
Deuteronomy 32:29
If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
1 Corinthians 14:20
Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
Isaiah 44:18–21
They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
Haggai 1:5
Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
Ezekiel 18:28
Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.
Psalm 115:8
Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
Isaiah 47:7
You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.
Haggai 1:7
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
Psalm 135:18
Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
Ephesians 5:14
So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
Jeremiah 10:8
But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!