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. ²⁷ The Lord will scatter^(D) you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive^(E) among the nations to which the Lord will drive you. ²⁸ There you will worship man-made gods^(F) of wood and stone,^(G) which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.^(H)