Tafsiran Ulangan 4:26: Rashi, Chizkuni, Ibn Ezra & Kli Yakar

הַעִידֹתִי֩ בָכֶ֨ם הַיּ֜וֹם אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם וְאֶת־הָאָ֗רֶץ כִּֽי־אָבֹ֣ד תֹּאבֵדוּן֮ מַהֵר֒ מֵעַ֣ל הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אַתֶּ֜ם עֹבְרִ֧ים אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֛ן שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּ֑הּ לֹֽא־תַאֲרִיכֻ֤ן יָמִים֙ עָלֶ֔יהָ כִּ֥י הִשָּׁמֵ֖ד תִּשָּׁמֵדֽוּן׃

Pada hari ini aku memanggil langit dan bumi menjadi saksi terhadap kamu, bahwa kamu pasti akan segera binasa sama sekali dari negeri yang akan kamu duduki dengan menyeberangi sungai Yordan. Kamu tidak akan lama hidup di sana, sebab kamu pasti akan dimusnahkan sama sekali.

Rashi

העידתי בכם I CALL AS WITNESSES AGAINST YOU [THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH] — Behold I summon them to be witnesses that I have warned you.
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Chizkuni

את השמים ואת הארץ, “both heaven and earth;” Moses refers to all the stars in heaven, as well as to the permanent and unalterable phenomena that are part of the earth. [The rock of Gibraltar, the Himalayan Mountains, etc. Ed.] (Compare Ibn Ezra)
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Ibn Ezra

I call as witnesses Some say [Sa‘adya Gaon on 32: 1] that the testimony of heaven and earth denotes the angels and the human race, respectively. Others say it alludes to the rains, as in, “I will make your skies like iron and your land like brass” [Leviticus 29: 19]. In my opinion, heaven and earth are called as witnesses to watch them and their children forever, because they are permanent (as in “as long as the heaven endures on the earth” [11: 21]; “Hear, O mountains, God ’s controversy” [Micah 6: 2]; and “this stone shall be a witness to us” [Joshua 24: 27]). Those people who object to this interpretation on the grounds of such verses as “heaven shall vanish away like smoke…” [Isaiah 51: 6] are vigilant in disputation, but their minds are asleep!
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