²⁷ For I know how rebellious^(A) and stiff-necked^(B) you are. If you have been rebellious against the Lord while I am still alive and with you, how much more will you rebel after I die! ²⁸ Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officials, so that I can speak these words in their hearing and call the heavens and the earth to testify against them.^{(C) 29} For I know that after my death you are sure to become utterly corrupt^(D) and to turn from the way I have commanded you. In days to come, disaster^(E) will fall on you because you will do evil in the sight of the Lord and arouse his anger by what your hands have made.”