Imamat 26:42

26:42 I will remember my covenant with Jacob and also my covenant with Isaac and also my covenant with Abraham, ¹  and I will remember the land.

Imamat 26:45

26:45 I will remember for them the covenant with their ancestors ²  whom I brought out from the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God. I am the Lord.’”

Mazmur 105:8

105:8 He always remembers his covenantal decree,

the promise he made ³  to a thousand generations –

Mazmur 111:5

111:5 He gives ⁴  food to his faithful followers; ⁵ 

he always remembers his covenant. ⁶ 

Mazmur 111:9

111:9 He delivered his people; ⁷ 

he ordained that his covenant be observed forever. ⁸ 

His name is holy and awesome.

Yeremia 14:21

14:21 For the honor of your name, ⁹  do not treat Jerusalem ¹⁰  with contempt.

Do not treat with disdain the place where your glorious throne sits. ¹¹ 

Be mindful of your covenant with us. Do not break it! ¹² 

Lukas 1:72

1:72 He has done this ¹³  to show mercy ¹⁴  to our ancestors, ¹⁵ 

and to remember his holy covenant ¹⁶  –

[26:42]  ¹ tn Heb “my covenant with Abraham I will remember.” The phrase “I will remember” has not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[26:45]  ² tn Heb “covenant of former ones.”

[26:45]  sn For similar expressions referring back to the ancestors who refused to follow the stipulations of the Mosaic covenant see, for example, Deut 19:14, Jer 11:10, and Ps 79:8 (see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 192, and J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 471).

[105:8]  ³ tn Heb “[the] word he commanded.” The text refers here to God’s unconditional covenantal promise to Abraham and the patriarchs, as vv. 10-12 make clear.

[111:5]  ⁴ tn Or “gave,” if the events of the exodus and conquest period (see v. 6, 9) are primarily in view.

[111:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “those who fear him.”

[111:5]  ⁶ tn Or “he remembers his covenant forever” (see Ps 105:8).

[111:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “redemption he sent for his people.”

[111:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “he commanded forever his covenant.”

[14:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “For the sake of your name.”

[14:21]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[14:21]  ¹¹ tn English versions quite commonly supply “us” as an object for the verb in the first line. This is probably wrong. The Hebrew text reads: “Do not treat with contempt for the sake of your name; do not treat with disdain your glorious throne.” This is case of poetic parallelism where the object is left hanging until the second line. For an example of this see Prov 13:1 in the original and consult E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, 103-4. There has also been some disagreement whether “your glorious throne” refers to the temple (as in 17:12) or Jerusalem (as in 3:17). From the beginning of the prayer in v. 19 where a similar kind of verb has been used with respect to Zion/Jerusalem it would appear that the contextual referent is Jerusalem. The absence of an object from the first line makes it possible to retain part of the metaphor in the translation and still convey some meaning.

[14:21]  sn The place of God’s glorious throne was first of all the ark of the covenant where God was said to be enthroned between the cherubim, then the temple that housed it, then the city itself. See 2 Kgs 19:14-15 in the context of Sennacherib’s attack on Jerusalem.

[14:21]  ¹² tn Heb “Remember, do not break your covenant with us.”

[1:72]  ¹³ tn The words “He has done this” (referring to the raising up of the horn of salvation from David’s house) are not in the Greek text, but are supplied to allow a new sentence to be started in the translation. The Greek sentence is lengthy and complex at this point, while contemporary English uses much shorter sentences.

[1:72]  ¹⁴ sn Mercy refers to God’s loyal love (steadfast love) by which he completes his promises. See Luke 1:50.

[1:72]  ¹⁵ tn Or “our forefathers”; Grk “our fathers.” This begins with the promise to Abraham (vv. 55, 73), and thus refers to many generations of ancestors.

[1:72]  ¹⁶ sn The promises of God can be summarized as being found in the one promise (the oath that he swore) to Abraham (Gen 12:1-3).