Exodus 32:9-11

Revised Geneva Translation

⁹ Again the LORD said to Moses, “I have seen this people. And behold, it is a stiff-necked people.

¹⁰ “Now, therefore, leave Me alone, so that My wrath may grow hot against them; for I will consume them. But, I will make of you a mighty people.”

¹¹ But Moses prayed to the LORD his God, and said, “O LORD, why does Your wrath grow hot against Your people, which You have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?