“ I do take the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you today, ” he declared, “that I have put life and death before you, the blessing and the malediction; and you must choose life in order that you may keep alive, you and your offspring. ” Similarly today, we can choose.
قَالَ لَهُمْ :‏ « أُشْهِدُ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلسَّمَاءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ،‏ بِأَنِّي قَدْ جَعَلْتُ أَمَامَكَ ٱلْحَيَاةَ وَٱلْمَوْتَ ،‏ ٱلْبَرَكَةَ وَٱللَّعْنَةَ .‏