²⁶ Heaven and earth will testify against what has occurred^[a] today: you’ll surely and swiftly be destroyed from the land that you are about to possess by crossing the Jordan River. You won’t live long in it, because you’ll certainly be exterminated. ²⁷ Moreover, the Lord will scatter you among the nations, and you’ll be fewer in number in the nations where the Lord your God will drive you. ²⁸ There you’ll serve gods made by human hands, serving^[b] trees and stones that cannot see, hear, eat, nor smell.