Then the king sent for and they gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem to him.
Deuteronomy 31:28 - Tree of Life Version Gather to me all the elders of your tribes and your officials, so that I may speak these words in their ears and call heaven and earth to witness against them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Gather to me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears and call heaven and earth to witness against them. American Standard Version (1901) Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them. Common English Bible Assemble all of your tribes’ elders and your officials in front of me, so I can speak these words in their hearing, and so I can call heaven and earth as my witnesses against them, Catholic Public Domain Version Gather to me all those greater by birth throughout your tribes, as well as your teachers, and I will speak these words in their hearing, and I will call heaven and earth as witnesses against them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Gather unto me all the ancients of your tribes, and your doctors, and I will speak these words in their hearing: and will call heaven and earth to witness against them. |
Then the king sent for and they gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem to him.
The heavens will expose his iniquity; the earth will rise up against him.
Moses chose capable men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.
Listen! Heavens, and hear, earth, for Adonai has spoken: “Sons I have raised and brought up, but they have rebelled against Me.
But answering, Yeshua said, “I tell you that if these keep silent, the stones will shout out!”
your children, your wives, and the outsider within your camp (from your woodchopper to your water carrier).
“I call the heavens and the earth to witness about you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life so that you and your descendants may live,
Gather the people—the men and women and little ones, and the outsider within your town gates—so they may hear and so they may learn, and they will fear Adonai your God and take care to do all the words of this Torah.
“Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak! Let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that you will certainly be carried off quickly from the land you are crossing over the Jordan to possess. You will not prolong your days on it, for you will certainly be destroyed.