Deuteronomy 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.
Cross-reference
Deuteronomy 29:28 describes the uprooting and exile that fulfill the warning of swift destruction from the land.
Deuteronomy 30:18 repeats almost verbatim the warning of swift perishing from the land—reinforcing the same covenantal threat.
Deuteronomy 30:19 uses the identical phrase 'I call heaven and earth to witness'—the same legal invocation of creation as a covenant witness.
Deuteronomy 31:28 again calls heaven and earth to witness, extending the same covenant courtroom language into Moses' final instructions.
Deuteronomy 32:1 summons heaven and earth to hear the Song of Moses—continuing the witness motif as a prelude to judgment and mercy.
Deuteronomy 8:19 repeats the same warning: forgetting God leads to perishing from the land.
Deuteronomy 11:17 warns of perishing quickly from the land due to disobedience, a direct parallel to the curse here.
Deuteronomy 28:20 lists curses leading to destruction and perishing, reinforcing the same consequence for forsaking God.
Isaiah 1:2 directly echoes 'Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth'—calling the same cosmic witnesses against Israel's rebellion.
Leviticus 18:28 warns that the land will 'vomit out' its inhabitants for defilement, matching the expulsion threat.
Jeremiah 2:12 calls the heavens to be appalled at Israel's sin—the same witness motif used to intensify the accusation.
Jeremiah 6:19 commands the earth to hear the coming disaster—paralleling the witness summons as judgment is pronounced.
Jeremiah 22:29 cries 'O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD'—a dramatic appeal to the earth as witness to judgment.
Jeremiah 44:22 confirms the land became a desolation and curse because of persistent evil, fulfilling the threat.
Ezekiel 33:28 describes the land made desolate and empty, a specific outworking of the covenant curse.
Ezekiel 36:4 addresses the mountains of Israel directly—calling the land to hear God's word, echoing the witness motif in a restoration context.
Micah 1:2 uses the same heaven-and-earth witness formula, calling creation to testify against God's people.
Micah 6:2 invokes mountains and earth as witnesses to God's indictment, echoing the covenant lawsuit imagery.
Luke 21:24 describes Jerusalem's fall and exile, echoing the curse of perishing from the land in Deuteronomy's warning.
Leviticus 26:31-35 details the desolation of cities and land that results from covenant-breaking, as threatened here.
Joshua 23:16 repeats the same warning: serving other gods brings quick destruction from the good land.
1 Kings 9:7 threatens to cut off Israel from the land and make them a byword, directly applying the Deuteronomy curse.
Exodus 20:12 promises long life in the land for honoring parents, contrasting with perishing for idolatry here.
In Micah 6:1, the same courtroom imagery calls mountains and hills as witnesses, echoing heaven and earth here.
Joshua 23:13 echoes that failing to drive out nations will cause Israel to perish from the good land.
In Hosea 9:3, Ephraim's exile to Egypt and Assyria mirrors the promised removal from the land.
In Jeremiah 52:27, the historical exile of Judah directly fulfills the threatened perishing from the land.
1 Kings 8:46 acknowledges that sin leads to captivity and exile, fulfilling the warning of perishing from the land.
In Jeremiah 32:24, the siege and destruction fulfill the warning: what was spoken has come to pass.
2 Kings 21:14 applies the same curse to Judah for Manasseh's sins — God forsakes His inheritance as warned here.
In Jeremiah 17:4, the same warning reappears: losing the heritage and serving enemies in an unknown land.
In Jeremiah 16:13, God echoes the same exile threat: being hurled into a foreign land to serve other gods.
1 Kings 14:15 predicts Israel being rooted out and scattered beyond the Euphrates, fulfilling the warning of perishing from the land.
2 Kings 15:29 records the Assyrian deportation of Israel's northern tribes — a partial fulfillment of the warning here about perishing from the land.
2 Kings 25:21 records the final deportation of Judah to Babylon — the complete fulfillment of the threat here to perish from the land.
2 Kings 24:3 explicitly attributes Judah's exile to the Lord's command, fulfilling the warning here of perishing from the land.
In Ezekiel 33:26, the rhetorical question about possessing the land echoes the same condition: disobedience forfeits it.
Joshua 24:27 uses a stone as a witness against Israel, paralleling the calling of heaven and earth as witnesses here.
In Micah 2:10, the call to leave the land because of defilement parallels the same expulsion warning.
2 Chronicles 6:36 anticipates the exile scenario warned here, providing a prayer for repentance when the curse of deportation occurs.
In Mark 12:9, the vineyard owner destroys tenants, mirroring the dispossession of Israel from the land for unfaithfulness.
Isaiah 6:11 prophesies utter desolation of cities and land, a later application of the judgment promised here.
In 2 Kings 17:13, the same pattern of prophetic warning is reiterated before the Assyrian exile — echoing the call to heed Moses' words here.
Psalm 106:27 references the scattering of Israel among the nations — a poetic echo of the exile threatened here.
Nehemiah 9:29 recounts Israel's stubbornness and the resulting exile — a historical reflection of the destruction warned here.
Isaiah 24:1-3 depicts global desolation, broadening the theme of land emptied by divine judgment.