Exodus 32:7-9

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁷ The Lord said to Moses, “Go back down there. Your people whom you brought out of Egypt have ruined ⌞everything⌟. ⁸ They’ve already turned from the way I commanded them to live. They’ve made a statue of a calf for themselves. They’ve bowed down to it and offered sacrifices to it. They’ve said, ‘Israel, here are your gods who brought you out of Egypt.’ ”

⁹ The Lord added, “I’ve seen these people, and they are impossible to deal with.