Deuteronomy 11:2

Knew ye ; take note of, ponder, lay to heart. The words that follow, for … seen, are a parenthesis thrown in by the speaker to attract the attention especially of the older generation, who had witnessed the acts of the Lord. The words, the chastisement , etc; are to be connected with know ye , as the object of the knowing, And know ye this day the chastisement , etc. Which have not known, and which have not seen ; supp . "what ye have known and seen." Your children ; those born during the wandering in the wilderness. Chastisement; not punishment, but discipline, education, training ( LXX ; παιδεία ), including both correction and instruction (of. the use of the Hebrew word מוּסָר in Proverbs 1:2 ; Proverbs 5:12 ; Proverbs 6:23 , etc.). His greatness …stretched out arm (cf. Deuteronomy 3:24 ; Deuteronomy 4:34 ).