²⁶ I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses^(A) against you^(B) this day that you will quickly perish^(C) from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed.

¹⁹ This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you^(A) that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses.^(B) Now choose life, so that you and your children may live ²⁰ and that you may love^(C) the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life,^(D) and he will give^(E) you many years in the land^(F) he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

²⁸ Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officials, so that I can speak these words in their hearing and call the heavens and the earth to testify against them.^(A)