⁷ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Go ^[a]down at once, for your people, whom ^(A)you brought up from the land of Egypt, have ^(B)behaved corruptly. ⁸ They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. ^(C)They have made for themselves a cast metal calf, and have worshiped it and ^(D)have sacrificed to it and said, ‘^[b](E)This is your god, Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!’”