"Assembleto me allthe eldersof your tribesand your officers,that I may speakthesewordsin their hearingand callthe heavensand the earthto witnessagainst them.
Then the kingsent,and they gatheredto him allthe eldersof Judahand of Jerusalem.
"The heavenswill revealhis iniquity,And the earthwill riseup against him.
He summonsthe heavensabove,And the earth,to judgeHis people:
Moseschoseablemenout of allIsraeland madethem headsoverthe people,leadersof thousands,of hundreds,of fiftiesand of tens.
Listen,O heavens,and hear,O earth;For the LORDspeaks,"SonsI have rearedand broughtup, But they have revoltedagainst Me.
But Jesus answered,"I tellyou, ifthesebecome silent,the stoneswill cryout!"
"You standtoday,allof you, beforethe LORDyour God:your chiefs,your tribes,your eldersand your officers,[even] allthe menof Israel,
"I callheavenand earthto witnessagainst you today,that I have setbeforeyou lifeand death,the blessingand the curse.So chooselifein orderthat you may live,you and your descendants,
"Assemblethe people,the menand the womenand childrenand the alienwhois in your town,sothat they may hearand learnand fearthe LORDyour God,and be carefulto observeallthe wordsof thislaw.
"Giveear,O heavens,and let me speak;And let the earthhearthe wordsof my mouth.
I callheavenand earthto witnessagainst you today,that you will surelyperishquicklyfrom the landwhereyou are goingoverthe Jordanto possessit. You shall not livelongon it, but will be utterlydestroyed.
