I call the heavens and the earth to witness against you this day, that you shall quickly die and perish from off the land which you are crossing over the Jordan to possess; you shall not prolong your days in it, but shall be destroyed to annihilation.

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 testify against them.

Give ear, O Heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

Give heed, O heavens, and hear, O earth! For Jehovah has spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, but they have rebelled against Me.

Be appalled, O heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid; be greatly desolated, says Jehovah.

For My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken Me, the Fountain of Living Waters, to hew out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.

O earth, earth, earth, hear the Word of Jehovah!

Thus says Jehovah, Write this man down as childless, a man who shall not prosper in his days; for no man of his seed shall succeed, sitting on the throne of David and ruling any more in Judah.

Hear now what Jehovah says: Rise up, contend with the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.

Mountains, and you enduring foundations of the earth, hear the contention of Jehovah, for Jehovah has a quarrel with His people, and He will argue with Israel.

I charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels that you keep watch over these things without prejudice, doing nothing with partiality.

Behold, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil;

Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse:

And if it seems evil to you to serve Jehovah, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers have served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.

for Jehovah our God is He who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, who has done those great signs before our eyes, and preserved us in all the way that we have gone and among all the people through whom we have passed.

And Joshua said to the people, You cannot serve Jehovah, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous Mighty God; He will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.

And the people said to Joshua, No, but we will serve Jehovah!

I have chosen the way of Truth; Your Justice I have laid before me.

Your Testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Let Your hand help me, for I have chosen Your Precepts.

Because they hated knowledge and chose not the fear of Jehovah.

But he who sins against me does violence to his own soul; all who hate me love death.

For thus says Jehovah to the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, and choose what pleases Me, and hold fast to My covenant:

But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.

And I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for their good and for the good of their children after them.

For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.