Deuteronomy 4:26-27
What is written? (ESV)
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess. You will not live long in it, but will be utterly destroyed. And the Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you.
What does it say?
I [Moses] call upon heaven and earth to be a witness to the fact that you will soon perish from the land you are about to possess. You won’t live there long until you are utterly destroyed. By the hand of the Lord, you’ll be few in number and scattered among the Gentile nations.
What is its immediate context?
Moses is retelling the Law given to him by God on Mt Sinai. This is to a new generation of people after the forty years of wandering in the wilderness and just before entering the Promised Land.
How Deuteronomy 4:26-27 is applied across Bible answers
Do the “heavens and earth” equal the Law? (Preterist John Watson)
Moses calls on the heavens and earth to be witnesses to the eventual fact that they would not keep the Old Law and ultimately be driven out of the land and destroyed.
