Deuteronomy 4:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Heaven and earth; either,

1. Figuratively, i.e. God, and angels, and men. Or rather,

2. Properly; it being usual in Scripture to call in the senseless creatures as witnesses in such cases, as Deuteronomy 32:1 Isaiah 1:2 Jeremiah 2:12.

Deuteronomy 4:26

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.