26<\/strong>. I call heaven and earth to witness against you<\/em> ] So Deu 30:19<\/span>; Deu 31:28<\/span>. Berth. points out that the older style is earth and heaven<\/em>. In controversy between God and Israel nature is introduced as the executioner of His judgements, or as suffering these with man; or as illustrating the steady laws or principles on which God acts in the moral sphere; or as here (cp. Mic 6:1<\/span> ff.) as witnessing against man. Enduring, the heavens and earth, especially the mountains, have seen all the relations between God and man, and when His evils come will be able to testify that God had warned the people. But differently in Deu 32:1<\/span>, q.v.<\/p>\n ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land<\/em> ] Perish that is as a nation, Deu 7:4<\/span>, Deu 11:17<\/span>, Deu 28:20<\/span> and the deuteronomic Jos 23:16<\/span>. Soon<\/em>, Deu 7:4<\/span>; Deu 7:22<\/span>, Deu 9:3<\/span>; Deu 9:12<\/span>; Deu 9:16<\/span>, Deu 28:20<\/span>.<\/p>\n whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it<\/em> ] characteristic of the Pl. passages. See Introd. and on Deu 4:5<\/em><\/span> ; Deu 4:14<\/em><\/span><\/em> and Deu 6:1<\/span>.<\/p>\n ye shall not prolong your days<\/em> ] Again, as a nation. In the Hex. only here and Deu 4:40<\/span>, Deu 5:33<\/span>, Deu 11:9<\/span>, Deu 17:20<\/span>, Deu 22:7<\/span>, Deu 30:18<\/span>, Deu 32:47<\/span>; and passive, Deu 5:16<\/span>, Deu 6:2<\/span>, Deu 25:15<\/span>. Cp. E, Jos 24:31<\/span>.<\/p>\n Verse 26<\/span>. I call heaven and earth to witness against you<\/B><\/I>] A most solemn method of adjuration, in use among all nations in the world. So Virgil, AEn., lib. xii., ver. 176, c. <\/P> Tum pius AEneas stricto sic ense precatur:<\/P> Esto nunc Sol testis et haec mihi terra vocanti –<\/P> Fontesque fluviosque voco, quaeque aetheris alti<\/P> Relllgio, et quae caeruleo sunt numina ponto, &c.<\/P> <\/P> “Then the great Trojan prince unsheathed his sword,<\/P> And thus, with lifted hands, the gods adored:<\/P> Thou land for which I wage this war, and thou<\/P> Great source of day<\/I>, be witness to my vow! –<\/P> Almighty king of heaven<\/I> and queen of air<\/I>,<\/P> Propitious now and reconciled by prayer, –<\/P> Ye springs<\/I>, ye floods<\/I>, ye various powers<\/I> who lie<\/P> Beneath the deep<\/I>, or tread the golden sky<\/I>, –<\/P> HEAR and ATTEST!” PITT.<\/P> God and man being called upon to bear testimony to the truth of what was spoken, that if there was any flaw or insincerity, it might be detected and if any crime, it might not go unpunished. Such appeals to God, for such purposes, show at once both the origin and use of oaths<\/I>. See Clarke on De 6:13<\/span>.<\/P><\/p>\n Heaven and earth<\/B>; either, <\/P> 1. Figuratively, i.e. God, and angels, and men. Or rather, <\/P> 2. Properly; it being usual in Scripture to call in the senseless creatures as witnesses in such cases, as Deu 32:1<\/span>; Isa 1:2<\/span>; Jer 2:12<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n 26. I call heaven and earth towitness against you<\/B>This solemn form of adjuration has beencommon in special circumstances among all people. It is used herefiguratively, or as in other parts of Scripture where inanimateobjects are called up as witnesses (Deu 32:1<\/span>;Isa 1:2<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day<\/strong>,…. Should they be guilty of such a sin, since they were so strongly and publicly cautioned against it; and even the heaven and the earth were called upon as witnesses of the law being set before them, which so expressly forbids it, De 30:19<\/span><\/p>\n that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto you go over Jordan to possess it<\/strong>; though they were now about to go over Jordan and inherit the land of Canaan, yet they would not enjoy it long, but be taken and carried captive out of it; as the ten tribes were by Shalmaneser king of Assyria, and the two tribes by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and both for their idolatry and other crimes.<\/p>\n 26<\/strong>. <\/strong> I call heaven and earth to witness <\/strong> Heaven and earth are personified in this solemn form of adjuration, as in Isa 1:2<\/span>, “Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth.” Comp. also Deu 32:1<\/span>, of this book.<\/p>\n Ver. <\/em><\/strong>26. <\/strong>I call heaven and earth to witness against you<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> These expressions, says Calmet, are lively and animated. Moses again addresses the heaven and the earth, in the sacred song which he delivers before his death, ch. Deu 32:1<\/span>. Here he in a manner conjures them, by all that is most respectable both in heaven and earth, not to incur those evils which await their disobedience. The best heathen writers make use of this mode of expression. See Virg. AEn. 12: ver. 176. 201. Esto nunc sol testis, & haec mihi terra precanti, <\/em>&c. <\/p>\n I call. Figure of speech Deasis. App-6. Compare Deu 31:28. <\/p>\n heaven and earth = the heavens and the earth (always plural and with Hebrew particle ‘eth, except Gen 2:1. See note on Deu 1:1). One of the thirteen occurrences of the Hebrew expressions noted in the Massorah. Gen 1:1. Exo 20:11; Exo 31:17. Exo 4:26; Exo 30:19; Exo 31:28. 2Ki 19:15. 2Ch 2:12. Isa 37:16. Jer 23:24; Jer 32:17. Hag 2:6, Hag 2:21. <\/p>\n this day. A solemn idiom, used for great emphasis. Occurs forty-two times (see App-10) in this book: Deu 4:26, Deu 4:39, Deu 4:40; Deu 5:1; Deu 6:6; Deu 7:11; Deu 8:1, Deu 8:11, Deu 8:19; Deu 9:1, Deu 9:3; Deu 10:13; Deu 10:11, Deu 10:2, Deu 10:8, Deu 10:13, Deu 10:26, Deu 10:27, Deu 10:28, Deu 10:32; Deu 13:18; Deu 15:5, Deu 15:15; Deu 19:9; Deu 26:3, Deu 26:16, Deu 26:17, Deu 26:18; Deu 27:1, Deu 27:4, Deu 27:10; Deu 28:1, Deu 28:13, Deu 28:14, Deu 28:15; Deu 30:2, Deu 30:8, Deu 30:11, Deu 30:15, Deu 30:16, Deu 30:18, Deu 30:19; Deu 32:46. It is this Old Testament idiom in Luk 23:43. <\/p>\n destroyed = exterminated. Hebrew. shmad. <\/p>\n I call heaven: A most solemn method of adjuration, in use among all the nations in the world; God and man being called upon to bear testimony to the truth of what was spoken, that if there was any flaw or insincerity it might be detected, and if any crime, it might not go unpunished. Such appeals to God shew at once the origin and use of oaths. Deu 30:18, Deu 30:19, Deu 31:28, Deu 32:1, Isa 1:2, Jer 2:12, Jer 6:19, Jer 22:29, Eze 36:4, Mic 1:2, Mic 6:2 <\/p>\n ye shall: Deu 29:28, Lev 18:28, Lev 26:31-35, Jos 23:16, Isa 6:11, Isa 24:1-3, Jer 44:22, Eze 33:28, Luk 21:24 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Exo 20:12 – that thy Deu 8:19 – I testify against Deu 11:17 – ye perish Deu 28:20 – until thou be Jos 23:13 – until ye perish Jos 24:27 – General 1Ki 8:46 – unto the land 1Ki 9:7 – will I cut 1Ki 14:15 – this good land 2Ki 15:29 – carried them 2Ki 17:13 – all 2Ki 21:14 – deliver 2Ki 24:3 – remove them 2Ki 25:21 – So Judah 1Ch 28:8 – in the audience 2Ch 6:36 – thou be angry Neh 9:29 – testifiedst Psa 106:27 – to scatter Isa 34:1 – let the Jer 16:13 – will I Jer 17:4 – shalt Jer 28:8 – prophesied Jer 32:24 – what Jer 52:27 – Thus Eze 33:26 – and shall Dan 9:27 – that determined Hos 9:3 – shall not Mic 2:10 – and Mic 6:1 – contend Mar 12:9 – he will<\/p>\n 4:26 I {r} call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong [your] days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.<\/p>\n (r) Though men would abuse you, yet the insensible creatures will be witnesses of your disobedience.<\/p>\n I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong [your] days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. 26. 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