Study it in the app“I call the heavens and the earth to witness against you today that you will surely perish quickly from the land to which you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of it. You will not prolong your days on it, but you will surely be destroyed.”
I callהַעִידֹתִיthe heavensאֶת הַשָּׁמַיִםand the earthוְאֶת הָאָרֶץto witnessהַעִידֹתִיagainst youבָכֶםtodayהַיּוֹםthatכִּיyou will surely perishאָבֹד תֹּאבֵדוּןquicklyמַהֵרfromמֵעַלthe landהָאָרֶץto whichאֲשֶׁר שָׁמָּהyouאַתֶּםare crossingעֹבְרִיםthe Jordanאֶת הַיַּרְדֵּןto take possession of it.לְרִשְׁתָּהּYou will notלֹאprolongתַאֲרִיכֻןyour daysיָמִיםon it,עָלֶיהָbutכִּיyou will surely be destroyed.הִשָּׁמֵד תִּשָּׁמֵדוּן
testify
To declare what one knows, or summon others to vouch for one's words.
Where else “haidoti” appearssky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsperish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “avod” appearsquickly
Quickly, in haste.
Where else “maher” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ovrim” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearspossess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “rishta” appearsbe long, prolong
Be long, last long; prolong.
Where else “taarichu” appearsdestroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “hishamed” appearsJordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
25When you father children and children’s children, and you have grown old in the land, and you act corruptly and make a carved image, the form of anything, and do what is evil in the eyes of YHWH your Elohim, provoking him to anger,
26 · This verse (above)
27YHWH will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations to which YHWH will lead you.
