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Deu 4:26 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

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 30:18,19; 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
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

Correlating Passages

I call heaven

	Deu 30:18	I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, [and that] ye shall not prolong [your] days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
	Deu 30:19	I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, [that] I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
	Deu 31:28	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.
	Deu 32:1	Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
	Isa 1:2	Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
	Jer 2:12	Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
	Jer 6:19	Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, [even] the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
	Jer 22:29	O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
	Eze 36:4	Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that [are] round about;
	Mic 1:2	Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
	Mic 6:2	Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

ye shall

	Deu 29:28	And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as [it is] this day.
	Lev 18:28	That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that [were] before you.
	Lev 26:31	And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
	Lev 26:32	And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
	Lev 26:33	And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
	Lev 26:34	Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye [be] in your enemies' land; [even] then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.
	Lev 26:35	As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
	Jos 23:16	When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
	Isa 6:11	Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
	Isa 24:1	Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
	Isa 24:2	And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
	Isa 24:3	The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
	Jer 44:22	So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, [and] because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
	Eze 33:28	For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.
	Luk 21:24	And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

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Scott, Thomas. "Deuteronomy 4:26," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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