Deuteronomy 9:13-29

13The 1LordH3068 also saidH559 to 2me, ‘I have seenH7200 thisH2088 peopleH5971, and indeedH2009, it is a 34stubbornH7186H6203 peopleH5971. 145LeaveH7503 Me aloneH4480H7503, that I may destroyH8045 them and 6wipeH4229 outH4229 their nameH8034 from underH8478 heavenH8064; and I will makeH6213 of you a nationH1471 mightierH6099 and greaterH7227 thanH4480 they.’

15“7So I turnedH6437 and cameH3381 downH3381 from the mountainH2022 while the mountainH2022 was burningH1197 with fireH784, and the twoH8147 tabletsH3871 of the covenantH1285 were in my twoH8147 handsH3027. 16And I sawH7200 that you had indeedH2009 sinnedH2398 against the LordH3068 your GodH430. You had madeH6213 for yourselves a castH4541 metalH4541 imageH4541 of a calfH5695; you had quicklyH4118 turnedH5493 asideH5493 from the wayH1870 that the LordH3068 had commandedH6680 you. 17So I tookH8610 holdH8610 of the twoH8147 tabletsH3871 and threwH7993 them from my twoH8147 handsH3027, and smashedH7665 them toH7665 piecesH7665 before your eyesH5869! 188Then I fellH5307 downH5307 beforeH6440 the LordH3068 9like the firstH7223 time, for fortyH705 daysH3117 and nightsH3915; 10I neitherH3808 ateH398 breadH3899 norH3808 drankH8354 waterH4325, 11becauseH5921 of allH3605 your sinH2403 whichH834 you had committedH2398 by doingH6213 whatH7451 wasH7451 evilH7451 in the sightH5869 of the LordH3068, to provokeH3707 Him toH3707 angerH3707. 19For 12I was afraidH3025 of the angerH639 and the rageH2534 with whichH834 the LordH3068 wasH7107 angryH7107 with you so as to destroyH8045 you; 13but the LordH3068 listenedH8085 to me that timeH6471 asH1571 wellH1571. 20The LordH3068 was also angryH599 enoughH3966 with AaronH175 to destroyH8045 him; so I alsoH1571 prayedH6419 for AaronH175 at the sameH1931 timeH6256. 2114And I tookH3947 your 15sinfulH2403 thing whichH834 you had madeH6213, the calfH5695, and burnedH8313 it in the fireH784 and crushedH3807 it, grindingH2912 it thoroughlyH3190 untilH5704H834 it was as fineH1854 as dustH6083; and I threwH7993 its dustH6083 into the streamH5158 that cameH3381 downH3381 from the mountainH2022.

22“Then at 16TaberahH8404, at 17MassahH4532, and at 18Kibroth-hattaavahH6914 you kept provokingH7107 the LordH3068 toH7107 angerH7107. 23And when the LordH3068 sentH7971 you from 19Kadesh-barneaH6947, sayingH559, ‘20GoH5927 upH5927 and takeH3423 possessionH3423 of the landH776 whichH834 I have givenH5414 you,’ you rebelledH4784 againstH854 the 21commandH6310 of the LordH3068 your GodH430; 22you neitherH3808 trustedH539 Him norH3808 listenedH8085 to His voiceH6963. 2423You have beenH1961 rebelliousH4784 towardH5973 the LordH3068 sinceH4480 the dayH3117 I knewH3045 you.

25“24So I fellH5307 downH5307 beforeH6440 the LordH3068 for the fortyH705 daysH3117 and nightsH3915, whichH834 I 25didH5307 becauseH3588 the LordH3068 saidH559 He would destroyH8045 you. 2626And I prayedH6419 to the LordH3068 and saidH559, ‘LordH136 GodH3068, do not destroyH7843 Your peopleH5971, Your inheritanceH5159, whomH834 You have redeemedH6299 through Your greatnessH1433, whomH834 You have broughtH3318 outH3318 of EgyptH4714 with a mightyH2389 handH3027! 27RememberH2142 Your servantsH5650, AbrahamH85, IsaacH3327, and JacobH3290; do not turnH6437 Your attentionH6437 to the stubbornnessH7190 of thisH2088 peopleH5971, or to their wickednessH7562, or their sinH2403. 28OtherwiseH6435, the people of the landH776 from whichH834 You broughtH3318 us will sayH559, “27SinceH4480H1097 the LordH3068 wasH3201 not ableH3201 to bringH935 them into the landH776 whichH834 He had 28promisedH1696 them, and sinceH4480 He hatedH8135 them, He has broughtH3318 them outH3318 to killH4191 them in the wildernessH4057!” 29Yet they are Your peopleH5971, and 29Your inheritanceH5159, whomH834 You broughtH3318 outH3318 by Your 30greatH1419 powerH3581 and Your outstretchedH5186 armH2220.’